TV reporter quits on air: 'F*** it, I quit' to continue her cannabis club business

Now this is not something you see everyday on the news. Charlo Greene, a reporter for KTVA news in Anchorage, Alaska, quit her job by saying the f-word on air, claiming she'll instead focus on legalization of marijuana in Alaska.

Alaskan news reporter Charlo Greene first introduced a report about a medical marijuana business called the Alaska Cannabis Club. At the end of the segment, she revealed herself as the club's owner and availed herself of any journalistic conflict of interest with four words: "F*** it, I quit."

"Now, everything you've heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska. And as for this job-well, not that I have a choice-but f**** it, I quit," she said.

Before the broadcast aired, the Alaska Cannabis Club had urged its followers on Facebook to tune into the broadcast.

Greene has done a number of stories for KTVA about medical marijuana laws in the state and the fight to make it legal to grow, which seems like a conflict of interest. In some stories she even used the club as a source. At the end of August, she spoke anonymously with theAlaska Dispatch News "citing concern over potential repercussions from her employer."

When she was asked why she had quit live on air and used profane language, she said: "Because I wanted to draw attention to this issue. And the issue is medical marijuana.

"If I offended anyone, I apologize, but I'm not sorry for the choice that I made."

Alaska will vote in November on whether to legalise marijuana for recreational as well as medicinal use.

Greene has asked supporters to donate on Indiegogo. She's asking for $5,000 to help "inform Alaskan voters."