You can keep your Timeses and Tribunes. I’d rather get my news from a paper with a more unusual name, like the ones in today’s quiz. Match the paper name with the city it covers.
Take the Quiz: Paper Chase
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I’m glad I got 15/15, since I work for a newspaper (not one of the ones listed here, though).
posted by Paul on 9-24-2008 at 10:36 am
My degree in Journalism probably helped, but I was 13/15 – flip-flopping Indy & Newark. Ugh.
posted by Debi on 9-24-2008 at 10:49 am
My degree in Journalism probably helped me score a 13/15 too. I messed up Indianapolis and San Jose.
Fun fact about the Times-Picayune. Picayune means paltry or not work much. Although the paper is named after a second definition. A picuyne is also a Spanish coin equal to about 6 cents, the former going price of the paper.
posted by Lindsey on 9-24-2008 at 4:53 pm
“not WORTH much,” as opposed to “not WORK much.”
posted by Lindsey on 9-24-2008 at 4:55 pm
15/15…makes me a good PR person!
posted by Daniel on 9-24-2008 at 7:33 pm
No journalism background here…traveling to most of the cities on this list netted me a cool 13/15 though (got Austin and San Jose backwards)
posted by Sean on 9-24-2008 at 10:15 pm
Ha! I DO work for one of the papers listed and I only got a 7.. Whoops.
posted by Caitlin on 9-25-2008 at 8:42 am