BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellowship

BuzzFeed Writing Thing

Yo, new – excuse us, we mean emerging – writers, BuzzFeed wants you. In the words of the site’s literary editor, Saeed Jones:

With the mission of diversifying the broader media landscape by investing in the next generation of necessary voices, BuzzFeed’s Emerging Writers Fellowship is designed to give writers of great promise the support, mentorship, and experience necessary to take a transformative step forward in their careers…. read article

WGAW 2015 Diversity Report

The State of Diversity in Writing for Television: WGAW Releases Latest Findings in 2015 TV Staffing Brief, Announces TV Writer Access Project Honorees
by Team TVWriter™ News Service
(in other words, yeah, it’s a press release)

Research Shows Declines for Minority and Women TV Writers Across the Board

All together now: >sigh<

And now the news: read article

From Dallas to Spoiler Alerts, the Rise and Fall of the Cliffhanger

The world didn’t start in 2010, gang, no matter how much it may seem like it did.

Especially the TV world:

JRby David Sims

35 years ago, the Texas oil baron J.R. Ewing was working late at his office when he was shot twice by a mysterious assailant. J.R. crumpled to the ground with his fate unknown, and every member of the cast a plausible suspect in the shooting. With that, the third season of CBS’s Dallas concluded, but at the same time, it also graduated from hit network show to nationwide phenomenon. read article

There are no professional script writers in Ghana

…Which doesn’t mean we should all zip down there and set up shop.

Or does it?

from Ghana Web

media10Ace Ghanaian actor, David Dontoh says there are no professional script writers in Ghana. read article

Writers Guild of America News for March

Not to be confused with their calendar of events and such. No, no, no….

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