CHARLES D. ELLISON is a highly regarded author, commentator and politicialanalyst. He is Host of "The New School," a popular weekly program onSirius/XM Satellite Radio and author of the critically-acclaimed urbanpolitical thriller TANTRUM. He is a frequent contributor to The HuffingtonPost, TheRoot.com, The Arena atPOLITICO.com and Politics Magazine’s “Campaign Insider.” Charles isDirector of the Center for New Politicsand Policy (www.newpolicycenter.org) and a former Visiting Fellow at theGeorge Washington University Institute for Politics, Democracy and theInternet (www.ipdi.org). Recently, he was selected and honored as aportrait for world-renowned artist Lisa Jones’ “Heroes II Collection.”
With over a decade of applied political and policy experience, Charles isconsidered a leading expert in politics,public policy, modern campaigns and elections and the use of technology inelections. Charles also contributestime as a lecturer for the Close Up Foundation and is a member of theYouth Radio Editorial Board, providingadvisement and issue guidance in the promotion of intellectual, creativeand professional growth for young people through quality local and national media training.
He was Founder and CEO of the legendary PoliticallyBlack.com, the firstever online publication focused on African American political development.A former political correspondent for WEAA-FM in Baltimore and 2000recipient of the Washington, D.C. "Top 40 Under 40" Award, Mr. Ellison isa former Congressional staffer, speechwriter, and award-winning Internetcontent executive. He formerly directed public relations for Mt. NeboRecords, catapulting the roots reggae label from small, independent status to international rotation and recognition. He is a former associateproducer for C-SPAN and former marketing and public relations director at Votenet Solutions, Inc.
As a commentator and lecturer, Mr. Ellison has been featured in numeroustelevision, radio and publishing venues, including: CNN, SkyTV, Sirius/XMSatellite Radio, BlackAmericaWeb.com, BET, ABC News, The Los AngelesTimes, The Boston Globe, Washington Business Journal, Roll Call, NationalJournal, Salon.com, The Hill, National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio,WVON-AM, KPOO-FM, WEAA-FM, WPFW-FM, The Philadelphia Tribune,RealClearPolitics.com, The Washington Post and The Washington Times.Charles is considered an expert in the following topics: the use oftechnology in modern politics and the shaping of public policy;e-governance; foreign policy and military power; African Americanpolitical development; the intersection of media, pop-culture andpolitics; modern American political and public policy trends on the state,local and federal level.
TANTRUM reviews:
An insider’s feel for the darker areas of the machinations of politics.TANTRUM is a great read!--
The Washington Informer
Complex with politics, action and drama, as well as technology. Plots makeyou wonder.--The Gazette
Combines the political analysis of W.E.B. DuBois; the courage of JamesBaldwin; the storytellingbrilliance of Richard Wright with the passion of Chester Himes.--
Craig Thompson, WEAA-FM
Tantrum is not easily forgotten. A story that remains stuck in a creviceof your brain long afteryou turn the last page.--
Booker T. Mattison, author of “Unsigned Hype”
Mind-spinning fictional story of political schemes and assassination plotsamong local politicalfigures.--Writer Blocks Written with a captivating, fast-paced flair and compelling style. Grabsyour attention.--
Rolling Out Magazine
Synopsis
“Councilman” -- a rising star, firebrand Philadelphia legislator andsudden sex symbol in desperate search of true identity and meaning -- isone day faced with an anxious assassin's missing bullet and the soakingblood of a dying man in his arms. Puzzled police investigators scratchtheir heads and assume it’s a failed mob hit. But, over time, thepolitician figures there are even deadlier, more hidden powers at work.While struggling to survive, Councilman soon finds himself cornered by adark and twisted past. Against a backdrop of corruption and social unrest,the embattled public official is forced to maneuver through a dangerousweb of competing interests. TANTRUM is the highly-charged urban score of apolitician's remarkable fall from personal grace, punctuated by his briefrise to public glory. It is a cautionary tale of a man at war with bothinner and outer demons.
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