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"   Yet more proof that the inextricable link between social media and your academic/career reputation can get real toxic, real quick. (Hello, DG sorority girl Rebecca Martinson.)   Shea Allen, a young reporter for Huntsville, Alabama-based ABC affiliate WAAY-TV, was sh*tcanned after releasing a TMI-laden post on her personal blog about some of her more... interesting reporting strategies.   After initially taking the post down when the controversy began, Allen has put it back up in its entirety and added &amp;quot;No Apologies&amp;quot; to the headline, plus a preamble:   &amp;quot;This post was taken down because I was momentarily misguided about who I am and what I stand for. To clarify, I make no apologies for the following re-post. It&amp;#039;s funny, satirical and will likely offend some of the more conservative folks. But it isn&amp;#039;t fake and its [sic] a genuine look into my slightly twisted psyche. Here&amp;#039;s the thing, I&amp;#039;ve vowed to always fight for the right of free expression. It&amp;#039;s allowed, no matter what the profession.&amp;quot;   And here it is:   1. I&amp;#039;ve gone bra-less during a live broadcast and no one was the wiser. 2. My best sources are the ones who secretly have a crush on me. 3. I am better live when I have no script and no idea what I&amp;#039;m talking about. 4. I&amp;#039;ve mastered the ability to contort my body into a position that makes me appear much skinner[sic] in front of the camera than I actually am. 5. I hate the right side of my face. 6. I&amp;#039;m frightened of old people and I refuse to do stories involving them or the places they reside.  7. Happy, fluffy, rainbow stories about good things make me depressed. 8. I&amp;#039;ve taken naps in the news car.  9. If you ramble and I deem you unnecessary for my story, I&amp;#039;ll stop recording but let you think otherwise. 10. I&amp;#039;ve stolen mail and then put it back. (maybe)    In a follow-up with FTV Live, Allen is totally clueless about why the post got her canned. &amp;quot;I had no earthly idea. It was just me being my usual, snarky &amp;amp;amp; cynical self.&amp;quot;   To be honest, I partly agree with her, in that if she were not literally posting things she should not be doing at work, anything on her personal blog that&amp;#039;s not hateful or massively offensive, racist, sexist, et cetera, shouldn&amp;#039;t affect the status of her career. As in, If she posted about doing tequila shots and hooking up with character actor Wallace Shawn, for instance, the station might judge her for her taste in dudes, but should really have no grounds to fire her.   However, the list above has primarily to do with her on-air and in-office behavior, which Allen still doesn&amp;#039;t seem to understand is a biiiig no-no. The media seems to be focusing mostly on the braless aspect (go figure), but the old people thing and the mail-stealing are particularly damning for her career. (If she ever actually opened other people&amp;#039;s mail, that&amp;#039;s actually a federal crime that carries prison time.)   Gawker followed up with one of Allen&amp;#039;s former co-workers, who says that the post was the final straw for Allen&amp;#039;s bosses after a string of problems they&amp;#039;d been having with her: Frequent napping on the job, dropping the F bomb on the air and running a news package &amp;quot;that contained profanity and racial slurs.&amp;quot; Allen was also arrested in January of 2012 on an unspecified charge.   A video has emerged of Allen characteristically snarking on Friday journalism, which entails &amp;quot;waiting for an outdoor shot&amp;quot; while &amp;quot;getting paid less than most McDonalds managers.&amp;quot; (Don&amp;#039;t diss on them, Shea! They&amp;#039;re doing God&amp;#039;s work.)        On the other hand, Allen, a single mom, was nominated for two AP Southeast awards this year.  Follow Anna on Twitter.   Image via Twitter "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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