Google, YouTube Originals Team With The Black List on Black Voices Creator Fellowship for TV Writers
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Google and The Black List are behind a new fellowship opportunity for TV writers producing exceptional and authentic stories about the Black experience.
The Black List x YouTube Originals Black Voices Creator Fellowship will provide financial grants and creative support to four television writers, with each fellow receiving 40,000 in financial support. That grant will go towards producing a proof of concept and developing a pitch.
“It’s no small thing for writers to have access to substantial financial resources to further realize their artistic ambitions without sacrificing their ownership of that work in order to get them,” said Black List founder Franklin Leonard. “We’re overjoyed that we’re partnered with YouTube Originals to provide exactly that to four writers who are telling these sorts of stories. I can’t wait to see what comes of it.”
Four fellows will be chosen for...
Google and The Black List are behind a new fellowship opportunity for TV writers producing exceptional and authentic stories about the Black experience.
The Black List x YouTube Originals Black Voices Creator Fellowship will provide financial grants and creative support to four television writers, with each fellow receiving 40,000 in financial support. That grant will go towards producing a proof of concept and developing a pitch.
“It’s no small thing for writers to have access to substantial financial resources to further realize their artistic ambitions without sacrificing their ownership of that work in order to get them,” said Black List founder Franklin Leonard. “We’re overjoyed that we’re partnered with YouTube Originals to provide exactly that to four writers who are telling these sorts of stories. I can’t wait to see what comes of it.”
Four fellows will be chosen for...
- 8/22/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The Black List and Google on Monday unveiled the joint creation of the Black List x YouTube Originals Black Voices Creator Fellowship.
The inaugural fellowship will provide financial grants and creative support to four television writers who can write exceptionally and authentically about the Black experience, in developing proofs of concept for a television show pitch.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Black List on a program that seeks to identify and nurture the next wave of creatives from underrepresented communities. As part of Google’s commitment to help build a world where everyone can belong, our team looks forward to providing these talented artists with equitable access to resources that can serve as a key to unlocking a world of opportunity,” said DeMira Pierre, Creative Executive, Impact & Racial Justice, YouTube Originals.
Each chosen writer will receive 40,000 for the purpose of producing a proof of concept and developing...
The inaugural fellowship will provide financial grants and creative support to four television writers who can write exceptionally and authentically about the Black experience, in developing proofs of concept for a television show pitch.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Black List on a program that seeks to identify and nurture the next wave of creatives from underrepresented communities. As part of Google’s commitment to help build a world where everyone can belong, our team looks forward to providing these talented artists with equitable access to resources that can serve as a key to unlocking a world of opportunity,” said DeMira Pierre, Creative Executive, Impact & Racial Justice, YouTube Originals.
Each chosen writer will receive 40,000 for the purpose of producing a proof of concept and developing...
- 8/22/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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