Slow News Day Causes Frustrated Reporter To Quit Her Job Mid-Broadcast

Radio journalist Pia Beate Pederson abruptly left her job at NKR, Norway’s public broadcasting company, citing that “nothing important has happened.”

While live on air, the journalist claimed that her demanding producers were disabling her from being able to “eat properly” and “breathe.” The allegedly breathless reporter then announced that she was “quitting and walking away” from her 18-month-old job, for which she covered Oslo and the Ahershus region.

In some corners, Pederson is being perceived to be the journalistic equivalent to aviation’s Steven Slater, with her actions representing the frustrations that many reporters confront on slow news days.

When reached for comment, NKR spokesperson Oyevind Werner Oefsti said that the Norwegian public broadcasting organization was surprised by Pederson’s live, two-minute-long resignation.

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