Joseph Mwamba

For Juneteenth, I’m posting that I’m available for Staff Writer & Writers’ Assistant positions. I wrote my 1st professional script for Netflix’s SPLINTER CELL as their WA. Prior, I was a Writers’ PA on YOU S4 & THE AFTERPARTY S2. A 🧵 on how I’d be a valuable asset. 1/

This Thursday @ 6p PST, it’s our final Q&A of our Black History Month Writers’ Series, we have @JustJoya, producer from ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, joining us for a chat about her professional writer journey and being a Black writer in the industry today. DM me for the link!

@mcuban Anything to get these women more money.

The crazy part, is that no matter what the WNBA does with salaries, every star college player will take a pay cut to play in the WNBA I asked a few ADs what the going rate is for the star player on a power conference WBB team -$500k to $1.2m. And, you are always a free agent with the portal. You get your room and board paid for. And you can get a good education if you work at it. It’s all subsidized by donors and shared school revenues. Which makes it more similar to Europe, where companies subsidize teams , than to the WNBA In the NBA, a team can’t go to a sponsor and negotiate a direct payment deal for a player. In college they effectively can with NIL money. When I have written checks to IU, I knew which players were trying to get with the money (although I never tie the money to specific players. It’s up to them ) The WNBA needs to look at allowing the same thing. Let the teams go to local sponsors and work out payments to players as part of sponsorship packages. The big name players have agents to do this. The rest make minimal amounts. With or without an agent. Let WNBA teams pay “NIL” money to its players. It’s counter intuitive for NBA folks, but here is the issue. WNBA teams don’t have the margin dollars from tickets, sponsors and shared revenues like tv to pay bigger salaries using their own cash flow. With help from the league , they could create NIL deals with sponsors that go directly to the players. From the sponsors. Make it legal. Create a cap per player, based on years of experience. Yes, some teams will suck at it, that’s where the wnba comes in to help. They will suck at it as well for some period. But like collegiate NIL, the sponsorship packages will supplement player salaries without undermining the economics of the teams and league itself. The next question will be competitive balance issues. The big markets can do this better. They have a great addressable market for sponsors. The wnba could require that some percentage of the NIL money deals go into a pool for a version of revenue share. This is effectively what happens (or did ) with jersey ads. I remember advocating that the jersey ads be split with all teams, because the greatest value to sponsors comes not from local tv or games, but from national tv, playoffs and jersey sales. This would be similar. Obviously I’m just spitballing this , but if they came on shark tank , that’s what I would suggest ! What do you think ?

See you tonight!

This Thursday, our Black History Month Writers' Q&A continues with Zora Bikangaga, Co-EP of Peacock's new series THE BURBS. He also wrote on GHOSTS (CBS) & ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST (NBC) among many others. DM for the link! Looking forward to seeing you there.

See you Thursday!!

This February, we're honored to have an incredible lineup for our 4th Black Writers' Live Q&A Series. Each Thursday has @ReallyMighty, Zora Bikangaga, & @JustJoya chatting with us about their emerging-to-pro journey while black in TV today. DM for the link!

Best. Day. Ever:

We survived ‘25, where’s our compensation?

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, & Happy Kwanzaa to those celebrating without a loved one for the first time. To those hurting this holiday season. To those struggling to find joy this time around. You are seen & you are loved.

I’m pretty sure this has been said before but… Maybe we should do something about Donald. Anything.

This Is Spinal Tap The Princess Bride When Harry Met Sally Stand By Me Misery A Few Good Men For the same person to have made films in such different genres, styles, & tones - with the only commonality that they’re all great, iconic all-time classics… RIP Rob Reiner, a great soul.

Friendly reminder: if you’ve been successful enough this year to send a gift to your manager and agent, you’re successful enough to send a gift to their assistants as well. Don’t forget the people who keep your people up and running.

@CourtneyRCronin @PeterBurnsESPN @ESPNRadio The best freaking day, holy crap!!!

Never. Freaking. Daunted. Big Ten title. No. 1 seed in the CFP. He15man. Best Week Ever is going to be UNHINGED tomorrow morning, @PeterBurnsESPN. See y’all at 6 AM @ESPNRadio. 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

@TriciaWhitaker This is the Watford 3, but bigger. Hope Kirkwood doesn’t sleep tonight.

Good morning. IU football is in the Big Ten Championship today, and I’m warning in advance that my emotional behavior will not be regulated. “Act like you’ve been there” doesn’t apply today because we literally haven’t. Let’s have a day 😁

@samira_writes Hahahah V-Day babies, represent!! Happy Birthday!!!

@JoeMightLikeTV OMG! We're twins!!! 9 months after Valentine's Eve -- that's my day! Happy birthday, twin!

This Thursday, November 13th @ 6pm PST is our last MIRACLE MILE MIXER FOR WRITERS of 2025! Also my birthday! Open to all pro & emerging writers, along w/ any & all friends of me - the birthday boy. If it rains, we'll be under an awning, so come celebrate our final MMM & my bday!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

A reminder: if any contest promises you a staff writing job as a prize to win, it’s too good to be true. If Disney, Paramount, Nickelodeon, & Nicholl among others can’t even guarantee staff jobs within their own programs, no body can. Please be careful.

@justinmsloan For any and all TV & film writers

@JoeMightLikeTV For anyone?

We have our October Mixer this coming Thursday. BUT ALSO, our 10th & Final mixer of 2025 lands on my birthday, November 13th! Hope to see you at both!

@staceycrussell AS THEY FREAKING SHOULD!!!

Very odd to now have agents and managers querying me since the AFF Finalist announcement came out 🤯