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The Los Angeles theater, now in its 60th year, works to cultivate, invite, and produce authentic stories told from within the AAPI communities.
The Guild has prepared a report on feature and television writer employment by ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, ...
Per the WGA, TV writers of color have gained increased representation while screenwriting diversity has remained stagnant ...
The job suspensions are linked to the Department of Education’s decision to terminate 2020–25 Ready To Learn grants.
The Writers Guild of America East has denounced a series of “mass layoffs” at MSNBC, where it says 99 of its members are set to be cut amid an ongoing shakeup at the network. The union says ...
Lowell Peterson‘s tenure as executive director of the Writers Guild of America East was destined to be bookended by strikes. After 15 years at the helm, Peterson will step down from his post as ...
That year, the WGA East council created an organizing committee and increased the budget earmarked for such efforts to “aggressively grow the Guild equitably across all sectors.” Members also ...
The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members have elected Lisa Takeuchi Cullen as its new president. Cullen, who was an unopposed candidate for the posititon, takes over for outgoing president ...
Amid an ongoing strike, the Writers Guild of America East begins voting today on its new council members, including the successor for longtime president Michael Winship. With the strike ...
By Alex Weprin Senior Editor In a changing of the guard at the Writers Guild of America East, president Michael Winship told members Tuesday morning that he will not seek re-election in September.