Sarah Tressler, Texas Society Reporter, Moonlights As 'Angry Stripper' [UPDATE]

It seems that one Texas-based reporter wasn't getting enough excitement from her day job.

Sarah Tressler, who covers society events for the Houston Chronicle in Texas, has been reportedly moonlighting as an exotic dancer, according to the Houston Press (h/t Gawker). The reporter-cum-stripper was described as "a highly competent freelancer" by a former colleague, but her double life has annoyed her fellow journalists who accuse her of "using them as fodder for a future roman a clef" -- or a novel about real life -- while flaunting her "stripper money," according to one source.

Indeed, a novel by Tressler might be a good yarn if her Twitter and blog, "Diary of an Angry Stripper," which is now locked, prove to be true. She's written about the sordid details of her not-so-secret life including her disgust for men with nipple fetishes and the story about how she once received oral sex from actor Jeremy Piven while studying for her masters in Journalism at NYU, Gawker reports. According to the Houston Press, her LinkedIn profile says she's an adjunct professor at The University of Houston, presumably when she's not writing herself.

"I strip for crazy people and then write about it so we can laugh at them TOGETHER," Tressler wrote on her Facebook fan page, The Daily Mail reports. "That's love, people."

As it turns out, journalists conducting sexed-up double lives may be more common than some think. Tressler's own predecessor on the Houston Chronicle society beat, Douglas Britt, once worked as a male escort, the Houston Press reports. Even national news outlet CNN hired a gay porn actor as a citizen journalist, according to Gawker.

But it's not just journalists moonlighting in eccentric occupations. Working as a stripper has become a more popular way to make some extra cash since the economy went bust in 2009. Since the recession, strippers have flocked to boomtowns like Williston, North Dakota, where they can often make more than $2,000 a night in tips. Indeed, the adult entertainment industry saw a large influx of workers due to the struggling economy, according to reports in 2009.

Likewise, at least one student in the UK took a job stripping to earn some extra cash over the holiday break, The Huffington Post UK reported in January.

But not everyone is looking to lap dances to solve their financial problems. Despite being short on funds, a Little League in Lennox, California recently turned down a $1,200 donation from a local gentleman's club.

UPDATE: Sarah Tressler has reportedly been fired by The Houston Chronicle because she did not disclose her work as a stripper, according to Gawker. She has not lost her job as an adjunct journalism professor.

Check out some photos from her Twitter account:

Comments

[toti]

08:52 PM on 03/31/2012

she should join nakednews as a news writer/reader

[whtiscookingnow]

11:31 AM on 03/31/2012

haha yeah she really should visit www.helpmeplease.ws and release some of her anger!

[TexasBrian]

10:57 PM on 03/30/2012

Um, how do you fire a freelancer?

[MekhongKurt]

03:43 AM on 03/31/2012

Freelancers can be on contract with an obligation to provide the newspaper, in this case, the first right of refusal for a story, etc. The paper may be obliged to buy a certain number of stories during the contract period. Such a contract could include a you-can't-work-elsewhere clause, I suppose. Maybe "firing" isn't the exact way to put it, but "ending the contract" with no obligation on the paper's part to pay anything.

[TexasBrian]

08:58 AM on 03/31/2012

Yup. "Contract was terminated" would have been much better wording. I hate sloppy writing. :-P Thanks!

[jackflash23]

04:06 PM on 03/30/2012

This is Diablo Cody all over again. Just a manufactured PR stunt by Tressler to win a book deal. She doesn't need to strip, she just does it so she can use the "I'm a journalist AND a stripper!" hook to gain attention. She's been doing this for a while with the expres intent to get a literary deal, in the exact same way that Diablo Cody did. In either case, their lifestyle wasn't authentic.

She's just another person trying to further her literary career by relying on publicity rather than plain talent. Read her blog--she's a lousy writer.

[MekhongKurt]

03:47 AM on 03/31/2012

She must have bared her soul as well as some of her body while lap dancing for you, since you know her private thoughts so intimately!

Could be you are just one more judgmental troll who has no idea what you're babbling a out.

I vote for the second possibility.

[paulsca138]

10:18 AM on 03/30/2012

Sarah does not give "all" the details in her blog.I know for a fact she gave a "client" a little oral for a very nice tip which is against the club's rules.And she was very neat and tidy, no mess.

[mwoxford]

08:03 AM on 03/30/2012

What I want to know is did she receive oral sex WHILST studying, or during her studies. The first would suggest this lady has both great concentration and the ability to multi-task! The second is pretty common in my experience and less noteworthy.

[femmeaventure]

11:09 PM on 03/29/2012

What a ho!

[Rusty356]

07:11 PM on 03/29/2012

I am completely shocked and appalled by this news article! How could ANYBODY turn down a $1,200.00 Donation in this economy. That's simply disgusting.

[ianwfirestone]

05:29 PM on 03/29/2012

She chooses the road less traveled by. She wants a multifaceted life. This is the land of the free. Let her do it her way.

[Tony Jersey]

04:00 PM on 03/29/2012

WHO PROOF-READS THESE ARTICLES?
The reporter-cum-stripper was described as "a highly competent

[mudkipman]

12:08 PM on 03/29/2012

That's hot.

[Changein2012]

11:21 AM on 03/29/2012

If you got it, use it. She has got it :-)

[13champlain]

08:08 AM on 03/29/2012

Anyone who thinks the Houston Chronicle is "conservative" has not read it.

[Romano54]

07:48 AM on 03/29/2012

Times are tough! At least she's not holding up banks.

[MissTake1989]

06:56 AM on 03/29/2012

Why is she being "outed" like this?

Whose business is it but her's?

[wtf2009]

09:51 AM on 03/29/2012

She's blogging about it - how is that outing....

[MissTake1989]

08:35 PM on 03/29/2012

Wasn't she blogging anonymously?