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What Our Members Do: Telon Weathington

“I log and transcribe reality footage and interviews in real time. When I am logging footage, I am typing detailed descriptions of the scenes and noting what is important. When I am transcrib- ing, I am typing what is said in the interviews word for word.” […]

Departments

Flipping Reality – There’s Power in Post

In February 2013, about a year before the formation of the Guild’s Membership Outreach Committee, I and the other editors and assistant editors of the fourth season of Swamp People (2010-present) returned to work under an IATSE contract after a four-day work stoppage that “flipped” the previously non-union show. […]

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What Our Members Do: Harry Peck Bolles

I’ve worked in NBC’s News Film Archive since 2005. I work freelance, which gives me a nicer contract with a better pay rate, and I still have the MPI health and pension plans. I’m a film librarian and, since 2015, I have been the “chief.” […]

Getting Organized

Vice Employees Go Union!

Post-production employees working on video for Vice Media have now won union representation! On Thursday, the company officially recognized the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, as the representative for its East Coast employees working in post on the company’s digital content […]

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What Our Members Do: Alex Robinson

As assistant editor on the show, my primary responsibility is to support the editors in whatever manner necessary. I also get lots of opportunities to practice cutting scenes and address notes from the editors. […]