Amid a busy year for newsroom unionization, the Writers Guild of America East unveiled its new council leadership. The union revealed the results of its election on Thursday, which determined seven freelance seats and three staff seats on the 19-person council.
The guild reelected incumbents Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana,A.M. Homes andMichael Winship and elected candidates Gina Gionfriddo and Erica Saleh to the freelance seats for two-year terms.
And incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were reelected as staff members on the council. About 12 percent of the guild's 6,208 members participated in the voting.
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