Just imagine the press if the female staff writer was also a non Caucasian.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Pollak, Melissa F. <[email protected]> wrote: > I long for the day when the hiring of a female staff writer doesn't > merit mention in the New York Times. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of donz5 > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:18 AM > To: TVorNotTV > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Late Show's New Female Staff Writer > > [h/t: BH] > > Letterman Show Adds a Female Staff Writer > > By BILL CARTER > > http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/letterman-show-adds-... > > Ending what had been a somewhat embarrassing drought at the big late- > night comedy shows, CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" has added a > female writer to its staff. > > She is Jill Goodwin, a longtime staff member on the show who was most > recently the writers' assistant for the writing team, a job that often > leads to a promotion to a full-time writing position. > > The writers' rooms on several late-night shows - including Mr. > Letterman's, Jay Leno's and the one for Conan O'Brien's "Tonight Show" > - were described as male enclaves in recent reports about the male > dominance among comedy writers. At the time, all the shows noted that > they had had women on writing teams in the past and were always seeking > to add them. > > For some time, Ms. Goodwin has been considered to be next in line for a > writing job at "Late Show" as soon as there was an opening, a spokesman > for the show said. She has been on the staff since 2001, having > previously worked as an assistant to the executive producers. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To > unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- Jason Carpio [email protected] Not sent from an iPhone -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
