Bio: Peter Y. Sussman, 80, spent 29 years as an editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, leaving in 1993 to pursue an independent career writing and editing. He has continued to devote much of his time to journalism, as a freelance writer and editor, as a teacher and mentor, and – often through professional organizations – as an expert and advocate on issues related to press freedom and journalism ethics and diversity. He has received many local and national honors for his work, both before and since leaving the Chronicle. His most recent book, Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford, was published in October 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf in the United States and a month later by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in Britain. It was subsequently published as a paperback in Britain by Phoenix. Decca was widely acclaimed by critics on three continents. Sussman’s first book, Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog, co-authored with onetime bank robber Dannie M. Martin, was published in 1993 by W. W. Norton, receiving favorable reviews in a number of magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post. The paperback edition, published in 1995, also by W. W. Norton, has been in use in journalism, criminal justice and English classes around the country. It was selected by a faculty-student committee as the 1996-‘97 featured book in the campuswide College Book Program of Las Positas College in Livermore, Calif. All academic departments at the college studied issues raised by the book. http://www.peterysussman.com/ This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib “Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend” “Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian” “Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released"

Ask this episode

“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

Transcript

Related