Emmy FYC Circuit Turns to Crafts Amid WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large For those of us who write about the industry, it’s been a bit of a challenge finding ways to still cover the Emmy Awards, especially as Phase 2 voting got underway on Aug.
17. My colleague Emily Longeretta, who oversees our special Emmy extra editions, has gotten creative in turning some of our podcast interviews into stories, for example, and relying on other approaches to covering nominated shows and talent.
And Variety‘s wonderful art team, who would normally shot portraits of nominees for Phase 2, have instead come up with fun, lively collages of the players instead.
Lemonade out of lemons. It’s a tricky time even for the reps. That’s because what writers can or can’t do when it comes to press is still a bit hazy.
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