Jamie Apody Speaks Out A Year After Her Exit From 6ABC

Former 6ABC sports anchor Jamie Apody recognized the year anniversary of her dismissal with her most honest and outspoken reaction yet about her termination from Action News.

5 Months of Silence After Her Departure

On Facebook on November 1, Jamie Apody took stock of the changes in her life and the emotional upheaval of being let go from a high-profile job she loved as a sports reporter/anchor for 6ABC.

Viewers only became officially aware of her departure from Action News months later, because the TV station never mentioned it -- that's just never done in media jobs when they let you go.

It wasn't until late April 2024 that Apody first acknowledged that she was no longer employed by the station and thanked viewers who were asking what had happened to her.

Things She Has Learned

In her recent Facebook post, Apody comments on how devastating it is to suddenly lose the job you love and have many of the people you worked with suddenly shut you out or, even worse, talk about you behind your back.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing right? Weed out the people in your life who didn't have your best interest in mind.

Apody also admits to doing the same thing when she still worked at 6ABC when others were let go. This is something that anyone in a media job can understand. It happens much too frequently.

Fighting the Feeling of Failure

Apody compared losing a great job that she loved to having someone close to you die.

She experienced all the emotions and stages of mourning that a person feels when that happens to you, coupled with the weight of having to deal with the questions and comments from people who all know your job situation and ask you about it or make comments.

Everyone puts up with this to a certain extent when they lose a job, but it is much more pronounced when your job is as public as hers was.

Some I experienced this year - shame, embarrassment, defeat, unworthiness, sadness, regret, anxiety, and anger. The inevitable small talk conversational "How are you doing?" that you don't know how to answer. Do I tell the truth? Will they read the truth on my face? I'm sure so many of you have dealt with similar struggles...

Jamie points out that this is magnified in the social media age when everyone only shares the good things in their lives.

Witnessing Her Own Funeral

Another phenomenon that people in the media often share after losing a job is when the viewers or the audience come to your defense and say how much they liked the work you did and how much you meant to them.

I said recently in a publication that this past year was like witnessing my own funeral. Most people never really know how much they are truly loved until it's too late. I'm lucky enough to be reminded of it every single day.

 

You Are Not Alone

Jamie Apody ends her Facebook post with the realization that everyone has dealt with some or all of these feelings at some point, that it is only natural to feel beaten down when you do, and that "it's OK to not feel OK".

Here's wishing Jamie Apody a much better year ahead and a return to her role in TV sports reporting.