Media unions representing staff and freelance journalists at commercial and nonprofit news outlets across California submitted a support letter for the California Journalism Preservation Act.

On Thursday, June 15, 2023, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will formally consider The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (S. 1094).

The Guild is pushing back against this outrageous and reckless action by management. The company must discuss alternatives to their unnecessary and short-sighted decision.

The California Journalism Preservation Act passed out of the California Assembly with a bipartisan 46 to 6 vote.

A coalition of journalists, journalism educators and press advocates sent a letter to Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles Community College District leaders protesting treatment of student journalists.

Media Guild of the West, a local union of The NewsGuild-CWA that represents news workers across the Greater Southwest, stands with the striking members of Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East.

Guild support for AB 886 (Wicks) marks the first time that trade unions representing American journalists are supporting a bill that seeks to level the economic playing field between massive tech platforms and news publishers.

The Los Angeles Journalists Coalition opposes a lawsuit by the City of Los Angeles against journalist Ben Camacho and Stop LAPD Spying Coalition.

Media Guild of the West members voted 100% to 0% to support the California Journalism Preservation Act (AB-886, Wicks) and similar measures addressing tech platforms’ corporate power.

Media Guild of the West members voted 100% to 0% to support California SB 254 (Skinner) and similar transparency measures to allow journalists to more adequately cover jails and prisons.

On April 4, Media Guild of the West members will debate whether we support large tech platforms paying California news publishers for featuring our journalism on their services.

Guild leaders said the legislation would benefit some of the nation’s largest and most predatory local news companies, such as Gannett

Congress needs to take a long look at companies like Gannett if it’s going to bend federal anti-trust laws and hand a blank check to news executives to help cover up their own corporate mismanagement.

Media Guild of the West members voted 96% to 4% to support California Senate Bill 1044 and similar policies that seek to boost journalist safety in hazardous work environments.

The following statement is from more than a dozen organizations representing thousands of working journalists and First Amendment advocates. Alene Tchekmedyian is a member of Los Angeles Times Guild unit of Media Guild of the West.

California lawmakers have begun debating a bill, Senate Bill 911, to create a California Board to Fund Public Interest Media in an effort to promote independent, local public service news coverage.

At an April 4, 2022, quarterly membership meeting, Media Guild of the West members adopted the following resolution 100% to 0%.

Public funding for journalism is an issue that California’s journalists in particular are likely to be discussing in the weeks, months and years to come as California lawmakers debate Senate Bill 911.

In a State of the Union address, returning President Matt Pearce highlighted several victories for members over the past year.