2024 FOOD INSECURITY SURVEY
Humanitas established the Groceries for Writers project on May 8, 2023, to support feature film and television writers as they stood for fair pay and protections in the workplace. Though the strike ended, the project has never closed, and has delivered 3,313 gifts of support as of October 23, 2024.
The Groceries for Writers project indicates food insecurity, defined by the USDA as a lack of consistent access to food for every person in a household to live an active and healthy life, is a not uncommon experience for writers and their families. This predates the strike and will outlast it, so Humanitas is eager to envision direct aid work which helps remediate hardship.
Humanitas conducted a first of its kind Food Insecurity Survey in 2023. The results of that are available here and were covered in The Hollywood Reporter in February.
To continue the public dialogue about the impact of food insecurity in the screenwriting community, we are conducting a second Food Insecurity Survey. This survey will help us understand the prevalence and impact of food insecurity in the screenwriting community. To protect your ability to speak with honesty and candor, it is anonymous.
We want as many professional and emerging screenwriters (whether they write features or teleplays) to take it while it’s available, so we can have as large a dataset, to create as complete a picture, as possible.
The survey will close at 11:59 PM PT on October 31.
At this point, the responses will go through a period of analysis, after which we intend to publish the results in a subsequent piece. We believe it is important that this information is publicly available in an easy to understand, accessible way for writers, unions, employers, and others.
Please consider sharing this survey with any and all writers in your personal network. This survey is only a small part of a wider discussion about the material needs of our neighbors, colleagues, and fellow citizens pursuing a career in the arts and entertainment, and how they are being met (if at all).
If you have any questions, please email us at info@humanitasprize.org with "Food Insecurity Survey 2024" in the subject line.