Fixing burning bridges by blogging

On the Gold Coast a breakfast radio show host has taken his fight against his former employer over his recent sacking to the web by setting up a blog.

The about page says all it needs to:

The process to protect my reputation and pursue my lawful rights is now actively underway.
- Rob McCasker

The open disclosure on this blog is good because so many times in the media industry whether it is radio, television, magazines or newspapers, a personality/broadcaster/journalist/columnist will leave yet there will be no explanation and their name will never be mentioned again by that station or publication. This blog gives his listeners as well as other industry people an explanation about the termination instead of it being a source of gossip and innuendo.

Still, even though the blogging evangelist inside of me thinks this is exactly why everyone should have a blog, it is a gutsy thing I have not seen done in the Australian media industry before so will be interesting to see how he goes in locating his next radio job and if there are any negative implications caused by fighting your old boss via a blog.