{
  "id": 189018,
  "title": "TV & Film Scribes Aren’t Spinning A Tale This Time: Jobs Really Have Plummeted In The Last Decade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/tv-film-scribes-arent-spinning-a-tale-this-time-jobs-really-have",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T19:09:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/tv-film-writing-jobs-decline-2025-wga-report-1237018792/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "If it feels like there are far less writers working in film and television nowadays, that’s because there are. The WGA West’s latest data shows that 27% fewer members reported any earnings in 2025 compared to peak employment three years prior. Around 5,072 writers reported earnings to the guild last year, down from nearly 7,000 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}