Folks,  Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where I am exhausted after travel and several weeks of reporting on Payday’s major feature “Over 8,000 Joined Entertainment Unions in 49 Campaigns During the Hollywood Strikes”. Help Pay for Our 7 Month Study of Organizing during the Hollywood Strikes  Our in-depth

At the beginning of the strike last May, many were nervous that striking could lead to many writers being permanently replaced from their jobs. Some feared that even their fellow union members wouldn’t get their backs.  The Writers Guild hadn’t been on strike since 2007, and studios were

Recently, Payday Report received a $35,000 matching grant from Illumine Service Foundation to expand our Emmy-nominated publication into a more multi-media-focused newsletter. We also just received a major donation to help Casa San Jose train young Latino media workers here in Pittsburgh.  Therefore, we seek a multimedia, multi-lingual media

Folks,  Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where I just arrived at the house of my old host father, Claudio Roberto Castilho, a noted art teacher who hosted me as a college exchange student at PUC-Rio de Janeiro from 2006-2008.  For nearly 20 years, I have been staying at Claudio’s