Kathy McGee To Receive WGA East’s Richard B. Jablow Award for Devoted Service

Kathy McGee will be the recipient of the WGA East’s Richard B. Jablow Award for Devoted Service to the Guild at the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards ceremony in March.

McGee, a member of the WGA East since 1997, is an award-winning news writer and producer for WCBS-TV. She has served as the shop leader at WCBS-TV since 2006 and is a member of the bargaining committee for CBS contracts.

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She is currently as a member of the guild’s Committee for Inclusion and Equity. Additionally, WGAE Activities Committee, the WGAE Black Writers Salon and is a longtime member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Previously, McGee was the WGA East’s vice president from 2019 to 2021 and the vice president of the broadcast/cable/streaming news sector between 2022 and 2024. She also served as a Council member from 2014 to 2019.

“I am filled with gratitude and joy and thank the committee for this honor.  I began my broadcast news career nearly 40 years ago and am proud to have spent the last two decades in solidarity with members of the WGA East advocating for journalists and storytellers while encouraging the next generation of union leaders.”

McGee will receive the award from last year’s honoree Penelope Koechl at New York’s Edison Ballroom on March 5.

The award is named after the guild’s first counsel who helped found the guild and authored its constitution. It will be presented to Koechl by its most recipient, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, the guild’s VP Film/Television/Streaming. Past honorees include Claire Labine, Herb Sargent, Ernest Kinoy, Stephen Schiff, James Schamus, Warren Leight, Chris Albers, Courtney Simon and Tom Fontana.

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