Report on Equity in TV Writing Pinpoints Racial Gap Among Showrunners
On Tuesday, the TTIE released its annual “Behind the Scenes: The State of Inclusion & Equity in TV Writing” report, in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The study surveyed more than 875 working TV writers.The report divulged several conclusions about equity in television, including that 70% of marginalized writers who have developed a series in the past five years did so without pay — compared to 53% of non-marginalized writers.Of those who managed to get their development project off the ground, only 67% of upper-level BIPOC writers who do have management experience were asked to showrun.