Two days after the Writers Guild of America was able to secure protections against the use of artificial intelligence in scripting film and television content, the Australian Writers' Guild made its own stand against the technology.
There is hope Hollywood's writers will soon be able to return to work after more than four months on strike, with the Writers Guild of America reaching a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Amid the ongoing US Writers’ Strike, Australian Writers’ Guild executive director Claire Pullen reflects on the landscape for writers locally.
With the writers strike in the US now entering its third week, writer and script producer Blake Ayshford reflects on the parallel and different issues facing writers working in Australia, where he argues our system means small rooms, short weeks for plotting and narrow career paths for newer writers are already the norm.
As the US writers' strike stretches into a third week, the Australian Writers Guild is urging local writers to show caution and keep the lines of communication open about any opportunities where there is ambiguity or concern.