The last few years have been brutal for Canadian media, and I want to do something about it.
Writers
The GATE is now accepting applications from writers and photographers looking for volunteer experience covering entertainment stories–including film, television, gaming, music, literature, and live theatre–between June and September 2012.
Looks like good news is finally coming out of the Hollywood writers strike. The LA Times reported today that a deal is very close, and some of the big stumbling…
The strike called by the Writer’s Guild of America is now well into its second month as picket lines went up on November 5, 2007. Over 12,000 members of the WGA have been pounding the pavement and speaking out against their main target – the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. What is at issue here is money (what else is always at issue in labour disputes between unions and powerful companies or associations?)