If you are a former colleague of mine, this is for you. Stuff Journalists Like.
It has the usual fare: scandals, free food, awards. And of course, this.
While the majority of journalists will never get to report on a “New Hamsterdam,” where drug use is legalized, they like to think such a story is right around the next corner.
However, as good as seasons one through four are, it is season five that journalists really love. Going inside the Baltimore Sun’s newsroom for season five, reporters feel smug hearing terms like “main art,” “double truck,” or “below the fold.”
Journalist like telling their non-journalists friends what these words mean, and that they really use those terms in their own newsroom.
The appeal of “The Wire” to journalists ultimately comes down to another like they have – journalists just like seeing themselves on TV.
