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40 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2024 | sagaftra.org Broadcast News 1. SAG-AFTRA member and WTTW Chicago Tonight anchor Brandis Griffith Friedman visits with staff at the SAG-AFTRA booth on the NABJ convention floor. 2. SAG-AFTRA members and Oregon Public Broadcasting colleagues Tiffany Camhi and Steven Tonthat at the AAJA conference. 3. KCRW shop steward and panel moderator Danielle Chiriguayo with SAG-AFTRA NED & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland; SAG-AFTRA Vice President, Los Angeles Jodi Long; KPBS Public Media shop steward Andrew Bowen; and SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee Chair Sarah Elmaleh at the NLGJA conference. NABJ S AG-AFTRA hit the road earlier this year, attending journalism conferences across the nation, participating in discussions and offering the union's perspective on issues facing broadcasters, as well as connecting with members and pre-members. In June, SAG-AFTRA kicked off the summer at the Public Media Journalists Association conference in Washington, D.C., where staff and members hosted a booth and an "AMA" — Ask Me Anything — office hours for attendees. Next up, SAG-AFTRA hosted a booth and a panel at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference in Hollywood in July. The panel, primarily in Spanish, was titled Understanding Your Employment Contract. In August, SAG-AFTRA traveled to Austin for the Asian American Journalists Association conference, hosting a booth and cosponsoring the AAJA Broadcast Task Force Celebration reception. Also in August, SAG-AFTRA attended the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, hosting a booth and a panel titled Navigating a Career in Broadcast & Advocating for Yourself. To round out the summer, in September, SAG-AFTRA attended the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists conference in Hollywood, hosting a booth and a panel titled Leading the Way on A.I., Protecting Content Creators — a SAG-AFTRA Perspective. SAG-AFTRA on the Road at Journalism Conferences First Florida Public Media Station Unionizes I n September, the radio and digital content creators at South Florida Public Media's WLRN-FM unionized with SAG-AFTRA, making them the first SAG-AFTRA public media station in Florida. A supermajority of the WLRN content creators signed on to the union petition, including on-air staff, hosts, reporters, editors, continuity hosts, and digital and audio producers, all of whom are dedicated to bringing the highest-quality news and information to the area's diverse communities. "We deserve a seat at the table in making big decisions about WLRN's future and in negotiating our wages, salaries and working conditions to ensure WLRN is a safe, nurturing place for all employees, present and future," the members of the newly formed unit said in their petition to management. "We truly love WLRN and are proud to work here. We want to ensure its continued success as one of the most vital and accessible sources of accurate information for South Florida and beyond." WLRN joins public media outlets nationwide in unionizing with SAG-AFTRA, including NPR and its member stations across the country, as well as WFAE, WETA, NewsHour, WESA, OPB, KQED, MPR, NHPR, WAMU, WBEZ, WBUR, WHYY and WNYC, among others. WLRN-FM leaders build solidarity at a support gathering over the summer. 1 2 3

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