How the Sun Lost Its Shine: A Newsroom Memoir is award-winning journalist Elaine Tassy's no-holds-barred account of her four years working as a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. As one of few black female staff writers, she noticed and spoke out about the vast differences she saw in how editors, mostly white and male, utilized reporters, and how they covered local news-decisions often seemingly based on race, class and gender. With humor, brutal honesty, statistics from the Sun's website, and references to scholarly works, Tassy describes dozens of workplace experiences and the ensuing consequences, both physical and emotional, to being a "Job Socialization Failure." She gives evidence that should both comfort and support those who face unanticipated office politics, while offering an eye-opening reality check to professionals entering the workplace under the impression that their gender, race, age and willingness to challenge authority will not influence their working life.

About the Author
Elaine Tassy, a former newspaper reporter and college journalism professor, is the author of the novel Pumpkin Bread, to be published in November 2010. She is also a textile collage artist, craniosacral therapist, occasional freelance features and travel writer, and a certified yoga instructor.

Reviews
Elaine Tassy's account of her all-too-brief journalism career is written with startling candor and grace. It is a cautionary tale and a worthy addition to the body of literature dissecting the roles that race and gender can play in the workplace. -- Charisse Jones, co-author of Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America



Book Information
ISBN 9780761850014
Author Elaine Tassy
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Hamilton Books
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 277g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 154mm * 13mm