Political reporter Samantha Maiden has announced her resignation from Sky News just over a month after she was stood down pending an internal investigation.
It’s understood the investigation was into numerous complaints made against Maiden by some of her staff members.
Maiden announced her resignation via an epic Twitter thread on Thursday afternoon, in which she also admitted that she has been suffering from anxiety and depression after being diagnosed late last year.
NEWS: I am resigning from Sky News today and would like to thank Sky for such great opportunities and the support @frangopoulos and @David_Speers have offered me. I am truly sad to go. No more selfies for Ned! pic.twitter.com/TrLvDJNHmc
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
I’m going to take a glorious break and I may engage in raising my children’s knowledge of the great art pic.twitter.com/UKlrKnh1e6
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
Late last year, I was also diagnosed for the first time with anxiety and depression, which although I still believe never stopped me from breaking big political stories, has not been fun. so, I am doing what any sentient being would. Folks: I AM GOING TO THE GILI ISLANDS pic.twitter.com/zFOisFVd3l
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
Peter Dutton was also right about me being a mad f….ing witch but that’s unrelated to my earlier point. It simply remains a glorious, splendid compliment I should have embossed on my bath robe pic.twitter.com/2VPqTCE6Xe
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
A great many people I admire have got in touch and I want to thank them all My friends including @annabelcrabb and @sallyrugg have been a true family to me. This has been very humbling and a reminder that people are fundamentally good. (I’m even including Cory in this ) pic.twitter.com/w1mXHPMejr
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
Do you know, that @AlanJones even wrote a very lovely email to me in the cadence and rhythm of his radio broadcasts can you imagine? It still makes me smile! What a legend pic.twitter.com/4LmD4sFgch
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
Now of course someone or other is going to bitch about me mentioning this at their golf catch up or something and to those people I say I don’t want to get all Maya Angelou on you but I wish to refer you to my personal guru @MCSnugzpic.twitter.com/kyGYjuWfor
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
My psychologist has this CRAZY IDEA I’m a rather complex individual because of my dad’s suicide when I was 3 years old. She says I’m high functioning which is a polite way of saying Im an annoying, relentless perfectionist. I’m genuinely sorry if anyone has been bruised by this. pic.twitter.com/Nj1x3zdIZL
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
One final thing: check out how I’ve had the same hair do since I was 3. I’m not changing it or me by the way. I pick and stick. pic.twitter.com/iby6qwiOXK
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
So that’s it folks! Have a lovely winter break and I shall not be thinking of Parliament – for a little while at least – while I am floating in the ocean off Gili Air pic.twitter.com/0UCSm4C4TY
— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) June 28, 2018
Maiden, has been a member of Canberra’s press gallery for the past 20 years, and has also previously worked for the ABC, Ten, Seven, News Corp, and the Australian Associated Press.
Australian News Channel CEO Angelos Frangopoulos confirmed Maiden’s resignation to staff in an email.
“She’s a great news breaker and I would like to thank her for her contribution to journalism at Sky News,” he wrote.
“I wish her and the family all the best for the future.”
