Hollywood interns and early-career media professionals: How is the writers' strike affecting your career prospects?

Dreaming of working in Hollywood but facing setbacks because of the 2023 writers' strike? Insider wants to hear from you.

If you're an aspiring early-career professional in media or intern for a streamer, network, or studio, we want to know: How is the WGA strike that's ground productions to a halt impacting job-seekers, and is it taking a toll on your efforts to get your foot in the door?

If you're starting out at a Hollywood company or on a summer internship program — what are you working on? How is the strike shaping your current experience in the industry?

Insider is seeking stories of young people navigating their first professional moves in the entertainment industry while productions are shut down, pitching and development of original IP are on pause, and the industry outlook is uncertain with a possible SAG-AFTRA strike looming, too.

Contact this reporter to share what you're seeing, hearing, and experiencing. Reed Alexander can be reached via email at ralexander@insider.com, or SMS/the encrypted app Signal at (561) 247-5758.

We're open to considering anonymous contributions and can obscure the identities of people already working at Hollywood companies.