#mediawork — Public Fediverse posts

Veteran labor journalist Steve Zeltzer talks with L.A. Times reporter Matt Pearce, president at Media Guild West.
https://youtu.be/XcbRpQtQ1YA

#mediaWork #mediaWorker #labor #union #solidarity #WGAStrike #GannettWalkout

“‘[T]here is … the very real fear — which the WGA strike is so successfully highlighting — that much of the work that digital media workers currently do, both as freelancers and in staff roles, is likely to be first on the chopping block once these LLMs get robust enough,’ [FSP member @AlexisKG] Gunderson says. ‘Which, in too many cases, they already are.’”

#mediaWork #mediaWorker #freelance #labor #solidarity #WGAStrike #WGAStrong

Also newly firing up on Mastodon: @niemanlab, who a few days ago ran this great short piece about journalists and labor solidarity by my #FreelanceSolidarityProject / NWU union sibling Eric Thurm.

‘Publishers may tout the civic accomplishments of their papers, but journalistic values of transparency and openness fall by the wayside when they’re applied to keeping bargaining sessions open.’

https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/journalists-think-of-themselves-as-workers/

#pressFreedom #journalism #union #labor #mediaWorkers #mediaWork

Greetings! I'm a professor at UT-Austin, where I teach courses in #mediaindustries and #TVStudies. My research focuses on film, TV, & digital media production and distribution.

I also am Co-Director for the Center for Entertainment & Media Industries at Moody College.

#introduction #mediastudies #mediawork #Hollywood #mediahistory

If you’re a freelance media worker in N. America, you can add your name here as a demonstration of solidarity with the NYT NewsGuild, now preparing to walk out Thursday: https://forms.gle/5eKVZFr7fejk9nAp6

From the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project, of which I’m a member.

A summary account of events & issues to date at Axios:
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/nyt-union-contract-walk-out-new-york-times

#union #labor #laborSolidarity #solidarity #NYTNewsGuild #equitablePay #mediaWork