Guardian Article of the 2015 Emmy's

·         Blog Post #1 – http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/sep/18/emmy-awards-face-the-future-as-television-becomes-more-diverse  Are the upcoming Emmy’s reflective of a more diverse world of television?

            A recent article published by The Guardian earlier this week addressed the topic of the upcoming Emmy’s, and discussed the issue of a serious lack of female employees in television, specifically women of color.  The article argues that this year could be a game changer for women of color in television.  According to recent reports in regards to the Emmy’s:

             “To date, no woman of colour has ever won the outstanding lead actress in a drama                      award. Yet this year, both How to Get Away with Murder’s Viola Davis and Empire’s                 Taraji P Henson stand a strong chance of taking home the award over fellow nominees    Claire Danes (for Homeland), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Mad Men (Elizabeth             Moss) and Robin Wright (House of Cards).

Not only are women underrepresented on the screen, but they are also outnumbered by men behind the scenes as well.  In order to begin to reconcile these issues regarding the role of women in television and media, both on and off the screen, there must be action taken.  This can begin by providing women with more opportunities to be hired in this work place, as stated in the article by WMC president Julie Burton:

            “The bottom line: if more women were hired as writers, directors, editors, producers,         and especially as creators and executive producers, the talent pool for nominations        would be more reflective of the overall population and audience – more than half of       which are women.”

If we are able to get women into positions of creativity, innovation, and power, then changes can subsequently be made to foster more opportunity for women to get involved in such fields where men previously dominated.