Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 26, 2019Jason Fuchs: Why I am running for the WGA boardI have been a proud WGA member for virtually the entirety of my adult life working in both film and television. Until April 13th, I had literary representation for an even longer period, spending four years with a boutique agency, followed by eleven years at one of the so-called “Big…Writers Guild Of America3 min read
Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 26, 2019Sarah Treem: Why I am running for the WGA boardI’ve been a WGA member for over 12 years. I’ve been nominated for three WGA awards, won two. I marched in the picket lines last strike. I believe strongly in the importance of this guild. I’ve brought multiple writers into this union during my tenure as a showrunner, from outside…Writers Guild Of America5 min read
Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 26, 2019Marc Guggenheim: Why I am running for the WGA boardFor the past nineteen years, I have been a proud member of the Writers Guild of America alongside my wife and brothers. My youngest daughter was literally raised on the picket line as my wife and I pushed her in her stroller at only three weeks old. That said, I’ve…Writers Guild Of America4 min read
Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 26, 2019Nick Kazan: Why I am running for the WGA boardI’ve been in the WGA for more than 40 years, working in both film and TV. If elected, I’ll bring experience, institutional memory, and an understanding of our history as a union — where and how we’ve succeeded and where we’ve fallen short. When I was on the Board before…Unions5 min read
Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 26, 2019Ashley Miller: Why I am running for the WGA boardIn my time in the WGA, I have been a working television writer and a working feature writer. My experience in both worlds gives me insight across the spectrum of membership concerns. …Television5 min read
Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 26, 2019Courtney Kemp: Why I am running for the WGA boardI want a strong, united Writers Guild for the fight ahead. When I joined this Guild in 2004, I was the luckiest staff writer in the world. The Bernie Mac Show hired me off a spec episode and a pitch meeting, and I was overwhelmed — with both the paycheck…Television8 min read
Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 26, 2019Rasheed Newson: Why I am running for the WGA boardI have been a WGA member for 11 years. I’ve worked in television drama with my writing partner, T.J. Brady, every step of the way from staff writer to co-executive producer. I am black, I am gay, I am married, and I am a father of two kids. I mention…Television4 min read
Published in WGA Forward Together·Jul 24, 2019Why I am running to be the next secretary-treasurer of WGA West“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ~ Barack Obama On some level, all writers are self made. We create our livelihood out of thin air, and…Writers Guild Of America4 min read