“I’m Scared”: Why It’s a Brutal Time to Be a TV Writer – Lesley Goldberg (Hollywood Reporter)

“Brandon K. Hines spent more than a decade working in support staff jobs and as a script coordinator on Comedy Central’s Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens and Amazon’s Harlem. He was staffed as a writer for the first time on Showtime’s Fellow Travelers. Hines was homeless and had been bouncing between camping, couch surfing with friends and the occasional Airbnb before he turned to driving for DoorDash and Grubhub after his 16-week writing job on the Showtime limited series concluded before the strikes began”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/tv-writers-struggle-post-writers-strike-peak-tv-era-1235864982/