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As TV Seeks Diverse Writing Ranks, Rising Demand Meets Short Supply

Cheo Hodari Coker, creator, executive producer, and showrunner of “Marvel’s Luke Cage” on Netflix, at home in Mercer Island, Wash., Aug. 8, 2018. Shows are scrambling to hire more minorities, but the pipeline of experienced writers is thin, a problem of the industry’s own making. "Things are changing, things are getting better. The one thing I specifically see happening now is there are more black showrunners of both genders than any other time in television," said Coker. (Kyle Johnson/The New York Times)