Former Writers Guild of America East president Michael Winship has been re-elected to the guild’s governing council as a freelance rep along with four other incumbents: Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana and A.M. Homes.
Gina Gionfriddo and Eric Saleh were also elected to open freelance seats. Jason Kim and Benjamin Rosenblum were also seeking freelance seats. Incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were re-elected to staff seats of the council.
The seats are for two-year terms. Freelance members work in screen, television and new media, and staff members work in television, radio/audio and digital news shops under the guild’s jurisdiction. New York-based digital news shops have boosted the membership of the WGA East significantly by more than 2,000 with unionization victories in recent years with Vox Media, Onion Inc., HuffPost, Vice, the Intercept, ThinkProgress, MTV News, Salon and Slate.
Votes were cast by 12.09% of the 6,208 eligible voters.
Gina Gionfriddo and Eric Saleh were also elected to open freelance seats. Jason Kim and Benjamin Rosenblum were also seeking freelance seats. Incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were re-elected to staff seats of the council.
The seats are for two-year terms. Freelance members work in screen, television and new media, and staff members work in television, radio/audio and digital news shops under the guild’s jurisdiction. New York-based digital news shops have boosted the membership of the WGA East significantly by more than 2,000 with unionization victories in recent years with Vox Media, Onion Inc., HuffPost, Vice, the Intercept, ThinkProgress, MTV News, Salon and Slate.
Votes were cast by 12.09% of the 6,208 eligible voters.
- 9/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Women writers carried the day in the WGA East’s Council elections, winning nine of the ten seats up for grabs. The only man to win a seat was former WGA East president Michael Winship. It was also a good day for incumbents, who won eight of the ten contests. Votes were cast by just over 12% of the guild’s 6,208 eligible members. The Wgae does not release numerical voting results. All ten of the winning candidates will serve two-year terms.
Incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were elected to the three seats representing staff writers who work in television, radio/audio and digital news shops.
Newcomers Gina Gionfriddo and Erica Saleh were elected to seats representing freelance writers who work in film, television and new media. In addition to Winship, the other four freelance incumbents returned to office are Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana and A.M. Homes.
Incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were elected to the three seats representing staff writers who work in television, radio/audio and digital news shops.
Newcomers Gina Gionfriddo and Erica Saleh were elected to seats representing freelance writers who work in film, television and new media. In addition to Winship, the other four freelance incumbents returned to office are Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana and A.M. Homes.
- 9/17/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Amid a busy year for newsroom unionization, the Writers Guild of America East unveiled its new council leadership.
The union revealed the results of its election on Thursday, which determined seven freelance seats and three staff seats on the 19-person council. The guild reelected incumbents Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana, A.M. Homes and Michael Winship and elected candidates Gina Gionfriddo and Erica Saleh to the freelance seats for two-year terms.
And incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were reelected as staff members on the council. About 12 percent of the guild’s 6,208 members ...
The union revealed the results of its election on Thursday, which determined seven freelance seats and three staff seats on the 19-person council. The guild reelected incumbents Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana, A.M. Homes and Michael Winship and elected candidates Gina Gionfriddo and Erica Saleh to the freelance seats for two-year terms.
And incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were reelected as staff members on the council. About 12 percent of the guild’s 6,208 members ...
- 9/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amid a busy year for newsroom unionization, the Writers Guild of America East unveiled its new council leadership.
The union revealed the results of its election on Thursday, which determined seven freelance seats and three staff seats on the 19-person council. The guild reelected incumbents Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana, A.M. Homes and Michael Winship and elected candidates Gina Gionfriddo and Erica Saleh to the freelance seats for two-year terms.
And incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were reelected as staff members on the council. About 12 percent of the guild’s 6,208 members ...
The union revealed the results of its election on Thursday, which determined seven freelance seats and three staff seats on the 19-person council. The guild reelected incumbents Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana, A.M. Homes and Michael Winship and elected candidates Gina Gionfriddo and Erica Saleh to the freelance seats for two-year terms.
And incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were reelected as staff members on the council. About 12 percent of the guild’s 6,208 members ...
- 9/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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