Maybe you will have guessed from my tone that Tuesday was a slow news day at the British Science Festival. But we dutifully wrote and filed our copy. Two full pieces – one from science editor, one from science correspondent and media fellow combined. As we weren’t in the office on Wednesday morning with a big stack of papers to browse through, there was no opportunity to determine how successful we’d been.
“Have you seen the paper this morning?” asked science correspondent.
“There were a few things on the web” responded media fellow, optimistically.
“That doesn’t mean anything” said science editor, “I think your piece on alcohol got in as a NIB.”
“A NIB!” exclaim science correspondent and media fellow in unison, “we came all this way for a NIB?”
“Well, did you think there was anything worth more than a NIB yesterday?” asked science editor with sagacity and wisdom, “it’s not like there were any stories or anything.”
At least our piece got in as a NIB. Science editor’s piece didn’t even make it to the paper.
*News in brief. A hacking job done by someone who doesn’t get to work before noon that involves removing the majority of your words as well as your byline.
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