Stuff Journalists Like – #65 Post-it Notes

It doesn’t
take much to be a journalist.

To report
the news, all that is really needed is a pen, a reporter’s notebook, a word
processor, a scandal and a load of student loans. But there is one other tool
that has become synonymous with journalists. And that tool is the Post-it note.

It’s been
reported journalists and newspapers are some of the biggest users of Post-It
notes, only kindergartner teachers and accountants use more.

The length
of tenure of any journalist can be measured by the amount of Post-its plastered across
a desk and computer screen.

Journalists
jolt down all manner of notes on their beloved Post-its. Next to a Post-it
about the morning’s budget meeting could be a quote from a whistleblower
revealing the scandal of the year.

Journalists
also use Post-it notes to remind them to call back a state senator, pet peeves
of the copy desk, edicts from the publisher and the names of their children they
haven’t seen since the Obama inauguration.

Another use
of Post-it notes by journalists includes replacing Rolodexes with scattered
Post-in Notes across binders, notebooks and computer screens. This helps the
journalist avoid the task of organization and sorting. Journalists also make use of Post-it notes as a cheap way to add color to the often drab décor of the
newsroom. 

Though
journalists usually don’t splurge on name-brand items, like footwear or health
care, they prefer Post-in brand notes, not “sticky notes.” There is a
difference, check the AP Stylebook.

 Thanks fellow Twitters @paigelealav, @CubanaLAF and @athompson87 for the input!

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