Hollywood is preparing for a potential writers' strike that might start on May 1 after the Writers Guild of America West and East members authorized a strike earlier in April. A strike isn't guaranteed, but medi
Lee: The strike came after talks broke down between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The WGA is the union that represents TV and film writers, and the Alliance is the organization that bargains for over 350 production companies. The WGA ...
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo’s The Path of Workers (Public Domain): The “leaders” of a strike prepare to step out to negotiate workers’ rights Orginally titled “The 4th Estate” because the working class was one of the 4th power centers of society: nobility (now the super rich), th...
As the WGA takes a hands-off approach to social media notes, the battle lines in the guild's impasse with the AMPTP are being shaped by members.
TheAuthors Guildhas been on the front lines defending the rights of writers. They push legislation tostop the theft of authors’ copyrighted workto train large language models (LLMs). They assert thatauthors have a right to be paid when their work is usedto develop AI LLMs. They demandwork...
Terena Bellis winner of this year's Arlene Award for her The Atlantic article on translation and Hurricane Irma evacuation. Other clips include Playboy, Marie Claire, Washington Post, Fast Company, etc. In addition to translation, she reports on tech, ADHD, and rural America. Bell has founded...
Writing … it is rather like building a house, every separate word is another brick laid into place, cemented to its fellows, and gradually you begin to see the wall beginning to rise, and you know that the rooms inside will take their shape as you intended —Vita Sackville-West ...
We generally follow the standards of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for Active or Associate membership in determining professional status. SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS https://www.scbwi.org/scbwi-emergency-fund/ The SCBWI Emergency Fund has been ...