Poynter Online had a fun little contest for who could come up with the best six-word journalism motto. Below are the fabulous results.

Top Ten Picks:

• Doing more with less since 1690. Ken Fuson, Des Moines Register
• We’ll always have Paris … or Britney — Jim McPherson, Whitworth University
• It’s how I change the world. — Nick Escobar, The Elgin (Ill.) CourierNews
• Get it right, write it tight. — Margaret McDonald, McDonald Wordsmith Communications
• They’ll miss us when we’re gone. — Scott Powers, Patrick McGeehan, Matthew Jones, John Davenport
• Feed the watchdog, euthanize the lapdog — Roy Peter Clark
• Who, what, when, where, why, Web — Greg Phillips, The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
• Facts, schmacts … how is my hair? — Kathy Sweeney, anchor/investigative reporter, Heartland News
• Dirty commie latte-sipping liberal scum — Ryan Kelly, Christopher Newport University
• Please stop griping, now start typing. — Jeff Unger, University of Illinois

Honorable Mentions:

• We’re sorry about all the trees — Ken Fuson
• We checked: Our mother still loves us — Ken Fuson
• Stop the presses! Oh, you did. — Jim McPherson
• Information you can trust until tomorrow — Jim McPherson
• No news is not good news — J. David Knepper and Leah Etling
• Black and white, but not green enough — Robert Timmons
• How many inches is the truth? — Casey Bartels
• Got stry – will txt u asap — Lynn McMahon
• Seek the truth, not the money — Angele’ Anderfuren
• Not tonight, dear. I’m on deadline — Christopher Ortiz
• We don’t make this shit up — Deb Sutton
• Writers’ block is on Fleet Street — Anand Raj
• Dead wood floats. So can we — Ray Martinez
• A journalist’s work is never done — Randy Rogers
• If we go, who will know? — Steve Riley
• History’s first version, updated every minute — Rebecca Jones
• Five Double You and One Age (Quinque Bi Tu Et Unum Aetas) — Sebastian Moraga
• We break stuff. Like the news — Ryan Kelly
• Critical thinking? We outsourced to India — Dennis Alchemist
• It beats working for a living — Jim Naughton
• Speak truth to power, or else — Peter Gates
• Journalistic bias? There’s no stinking bias! — Tim Owens
• Journalism lives where the truth lies — Daneja Kirkland
• But this IS my day job! — Mike Gruss
• We won’t bore you with context — Lois M. Collins
• News now: We’ll fix it later — Lois M. Collins
• Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy! No, seriously. Accuracy! — Tim Schulte
• Every silver lining has a cloud — David VossbrinkMust be readable on the crapper! — Michael Sweeney
• Eye on the ball; ear on the ground — Peter Dannenberg
• Mainstream media: We’re your grandfather’s blog — Jim McPherson
• Filling the space between the ads — Jim McPherson
• Write the truth between the lines — Lynn McMahon
• Ding dong, the print is dead — Russel Nichols
• There’s a period key. Use it. — Dan Close
• Journalism: Sizing down, so bottom’s up! — Matthew Cate
• Pyramids to blogosphere, and everywhere in between — Bill West

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