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The move follows Time’s Up denunciation of proposals as “sorely lacking and hardly transformational”
Beatrice Verhoeven | May 7, 2021 @ 1:50 PM
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) says it is encouraged by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s “transformational” reform plan but that it will monitor closely the progress of the promised changes.
“NABJ is encouraged by the comprehensive plan billed by the organization as ‘transformational.’ However, the NABJ Board feels it is premature for full applause until there is documented implementation of the numerous changes adopted by the organization,” The NABJ said. “The HFPA has been under fire from NABJ, a number of groups and individuals after revelations that the organization has had no Black members over the past 20 years.”
Amazon and Netflix cutting ties with HFPA
Amazon Studios Joins In Shunning Of HFPA Until It Revamps Diversity And Inclusion https://t.co/GAhBaYVza9 Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) May 8, 2021
Amazon and Netflix have each issued statements to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that in simple terms states: Fuck Off, We re Done Here.
The HFPA recently voted overwhelming for new inclusion and overhaul proposals that will include looking for more black members and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer. But studios and other Hollywood groups have immediately called bullshit on these changes and don t believe they re actually meaningful.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos told the group as such and that the streamer will no longer work with them until they get their act together.
As the Golden Globes Promise to Do Better, Hollywood Responds with Side Eye: ‘We Don’t Believe’ IndieWire 1 hr ago
In a real-life Oscars moment so on the nose that it would never make a screenplay’s final draft, Margaret Gardiner from the Sunday Times of South Africa asked Oscar-winner Daniel Kaluuya, star of Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” what it was like to work with Regina King the director of Supporting Actor nominee Leslie Odom Jr. in “One Night in Miami.” Later, her nonapology only made it worse.
A boneheaded lack of professionalism from a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was not entirely surprising. That it should come when her organization had spent the last two months swearing that it would do better and, in fact, its very existence hung in the balance? That still had the capacity to startle, and it goes a long way toward explaining that while the industry may hope the Golden Globes will return in 2022, it’s somethi
extends beyond those working inside newsrooms to also affect business-side employees and even journalism school students.
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The media industry is on fire
Burnout is steadily becoming the word of the year in media circles. While some media companies had attempted to protect their employees from the pandemic’s toll on their wellbeing, more and more staffers are losing the balance between work and life. Even prospective journalists are considering seeking careers in other industries.