OMGWTFJOBLESS

Brittney Gilbert, a really distinctive voice and blogging pioneer at a MSM TV station, resigned her job.

Here's her resignation post on Nashville is Talking and a post on her personal site.

Apparently, a blog slug fest over a link she did was the last hit she wanted to take.

Perhaps by being the beneficiary of a full-time blogging gig that a lot of people would love to have it means that I am a “pseudo-quasi-celebrity” who has to take the insults and criticisms and constant job threatening with the territory. But, I’m not cut out for it. I thought I was, but I’m not.

... This is the internet. People are vicious. They are even more vicious when they fail to make any distinction between you and a feelingless, faceless media company.

I don't know Brittney. I've never met her, but I have read har. She did a great job for WKRN. I can, however, fully understand. People at the other end of the keyboard sometimes do forget they're talking to people. Things are said that would never be said face-to-face. I, like, her, wish there were a few things I hadn't clicked the "save" or "send" button to.

And, yes, she's right when she says being criticized seemed to be OK when she came to be a face of a media company. It just comes with the territory.

I wish her luck. From the supportive comments on both sites above, she obviously made many, many great friends.

(With apologies for stealing your blog post title. It was too good.).

Tags: Brittney Gilbert | Nashville is Talking | Nashville blogger