The Writers Guild of America is the sole collective bargaining representative for writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, interactive and new media industries. It has numerous affiliation agreements with other United States and international writing organizations and is in the forefront of the debates concerning economic and creative rights for writers. Originally founded in 1966 by James R Webb and a group of other prominent screenwriters, the organization s Writers Guild Foundation focuses on historical preservation and education. The foundation provides a number of services and programs to both working writers and the public and has developed a broad range of initiatives. The initiatives are designed to preserve the history of screenwriting as an art form, promote writing for film and television as literature in its own right and to collect and preserve the best and most representative film and television writing from each year for present and future generations to study. The Writers Guild s corporate offices are located in Los Angeles.
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