David Steele: ‘How the Baltimore Sun fired me’
May 6th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Job losses, Jobs, Newspapers
David Steele, a sports columnist, formerly of the Baltimore Sun and the San Francisco Chronicle, describes being laid off on three occasions: at 21, 26 and most recently, at 44 years old. The latter two took place in the same location…
“To answer your question: yes, it felt just as bad as you imagine it would. To answer another of your questions: no, I have no real desire to visit the press box at an Orioles game any time soon. Next time, maybe I’ll be told that they’re foreclosing on my house during the seventh-inning stretch.”
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