Michelle Franke

Executive Director of Humanitas

Executive Director of Humanitas

Michelle Franke on KCRW

As the WGA strike continues, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit is distributing grocery gift cards to writers who are struggling to make ends meet.

Nonprofit gives grocery money to sustain striking TV/film writers

As the WGA strike continues, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit is distributing grocery gift cards to writers who are struggling to make ends meet.

from Greater LA

Like so many other professionals, writers are losing work due to the pandemic.

LA’s literary community looks for financial lifeline

Like so many other professionals, writers are losing work due to the pandemic.

from Greater LA

More from KCRW

An affordable housing developer got $114 million from Gov. Newsom’s Homekey program. Now, with little to show for it, legal and financial problems are mounting .

from Greater LA

Now that both the SAG and WGA strikes are over, how are below-the-line workers in Hollywood faring?

from Greater LA

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni discuss what’s shaping up to be a lean holiday box office and what success for movies looks like — and how it’s perceived — when it comes to theatrical…

from The Business

Chef Sonoko Sakai’s new children’s book is inspired by her relationship with her grandmother and the journey to find a melon she lost in Japan.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine the latest developments in the Disney proxy fight. They also take a look at a peculiar lawsuit filed against CBS Studios and Paramount.

from The Business

Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw examine four Disney executives poised to take the throne in 2026 following CEO Bob Iger’s proposed retirement.

from The Business

NewGround promotes relations and dialogue between Jews and Muslims in Los Angeles. The group calls itself “a convener.” running trainings and classes promoting interfaith engagement.

from Greater LA

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take stock of layoffs at Amazon as a result of consolidation and reorganizing across its studios.

from The Business

As people look for eco-friendly solutions to non-recyclable wrapping paper, furoshiki, the Japanese art of wrapping packages in cloth, is becoming more widely adopted.

from Greater LA