Earlier this summer, Freelance Solidarity Project members who cover the entertainment industry as critics, editors, and reporters launched a pledge campaign to set a baseline of best practices for all entertainment journalists, both freelance and on staff, who were covering the industry during the Writers Guild of America strike.

Now that screen actors unionized with SAG-AFTRA have joined the WGA on strike for better working conditions, we are back with a second initiative. Specifically, we are asking our colleagues—especially those who work as editors on TV, film, and general entertainment verticals—to join us in adding a short editorial statement to the top of reviews and other critical coverage written and published during the strikes.

Similar to a “spoiler alert” or an “editor’s note,” the statement is designed to add critical context to contemporary coverage. 

Specifically, adding this statement to our coverage will allow us, as fellow workers in the entertainment industry, to clarify the unique importance of this moment in American media and labor history. It will also allow us to stand in solidarity with those in the film and TV industries whose struggle as undervalued creative industry workers is inextricably connected to our own.

By acting collectively, we have the power to shift the conversation—and the working conditions we all share.