LIVING THE EBONY LIFE: E-mails from the Plantation

LIVING THE EBONY LIFE: E-mails from the Plantation
Author: Zondra Hughes
Published: 2010

LIVING THE EBONY LIFE: E-mails from the Plantation by Zondra Hughes Review by UnRated Magazine for UnRated Magazine [April 23, 2010]
LIVING THE EBONY LIFE: E-mails from the Plantation LIVING THE EBONY LIFE: E-mails from the Plantation
Former Ebony Editor Releases Tell-All LIVING THE EBONY LIFE: E-mails from the Plantation

Backed by E-Mails, Memos and Grainy 'Surveillance' Photos--Editor Zondra Hughes Recounts the Outrageous Office Politics That Ultimately Derailed Ebony, the No. 1 Magazine in Black America

The transitioning media climate is only partially to blame for Ebony's woes, argues former Ebony Associate Editor, Zondra Hughes author of Living the Ebony Life: E-Mails from the from the Plantation, (www.livingtheebonylife.com), now on sale.

"New media didn't derail Ebony magazine," Zondra Hughes says, "bad management did." In EBONY LIFE, the author provides the context for the magazine's recent woes with a shocking paper trail that exposes the work conditions under a few rogue overseers, collectively referred to as 'The Man.'

Delivered in a humorously punchy narrative, EBONY LIFE also includes celebrity encounters, the rivalry between Ebony and Jet editors, and a floor-by-floor tour of the elaborately decorated building.

-Read the full story at UnRatedMagazine.com