There are many memorable ways to quit your job – just think of Marina Shifrin, who left Taiwanese animator Next Media Animation with an interpretive dance set to Kanye West’s Gone. But the award for bluntness must go to Charlo Greene, a reporter for Alaska’s KTVA, who resigned live on air on Sunday to fight for marijuana legalisation. After fronting a piece on a medical marijuana club, she told viewers: “I – the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club – will be dedicating all of my energy for fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalising marijuana here in Alaska. And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but … fuck it, I quit.” A stunned colleague then told viewers: “All right we apologise for that … we’ll, we’ll be right back.” The station later apologised to viewers on Twitter:

KTVA 11 News (@ktva) Viewers, we sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter on the air tonight. The employee has been terminated.

Greene apparently has no regrets, fronting a YouTube video explaining why she quit:

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Her TV career may have gone up in smoke, but the incident will only help raise the issue of marijuana legalisation, on which Alaskans will vote in November.

