Veteran television creator and showrunner Tom Fontana was elected to be the East Coast writers union’s next president on Thursday after running on a platform that emphasized meat-and-potato wage and benefits issues in addition to the importance of defending free speech. Fontana’s two-year term will start on Friday as current leader Lisa Takeuchi Cullen steps down.
Fontana will serve alongside Sasha Stewart and Michael Rauch, who both ran unopposed for the secretary-treasurer and the vice president of the film, television and streaming sector positions, respectively. Stewart has written on the limited FX/Hulu series Dying for Sex and the Netflix docuseries Amend: The Fight for America, while Rauch has written and produced shows like Fox’s Monarch and CBS’ Instinct.
The six open seats on the union’s council dedicated to film, television and streaming were filled by Nicole Conlan,…
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