MINORITY WRITERS JOINING STAFFS OF NON-ETHNIC SHOWS
Monday, December 15 2003
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For the first time, minority writers have begun joining the writing staffs of non-ethnic shows in significant numbers, according to a report issued Thursday by the Writers Guild of America West. The WGA said that minority writers accounted for 13 percent of primetime writers in 2002, up from 10 percent in 2001. Minority writers accounted for 6 percent of the writers on non-ethnic sitcoms, up from 4 percent in 2001, and for 12 percent on dramas, up from 9 percent in 2001. Vic Bullock, head of the Hollywood branch of the NAACP, said in a statement, "We are very encouraged by these numbers and the efforts that the networks continue to make in regards to the diversity initiatives that we started three years ago."
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