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Sunday April 19, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
This annual panel provides the opportunity for attendees to hear real-world stories about writing professionally in the entertainment industry. Q&A allows attendees to gain inside perspectives on the challenges and successes of writing in “Hollywood.” This session is part two of a two-parter with the same writers; it is preceded immediately by their first panel, “Media Writers Pitch Session.”
Moderator: Edward J. Fink, California State University - Fullerton
Panelists: Rosanne Welch, Stephens College
Jon L. Vandergriff, Cal State Fullerton
David Morgasen, Cal State Fullerton
Moderators
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Edward J. Fink

Professor, California State University - Fullerton
Speakers
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Rosanne Welch

Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting
Rosanne Welch (Ph.D.) is the Executive Director of the Stephens College MFA program in TV and Screenwriting in LA. She has written for Beverly Hills 90210, Picket Fences, ABCNEWS: Nightline, and Touched by an Angel. She edited When Women Wrote Hollywood (2018), runner up for the... Read More →
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Jon Vandergriff

Cal State Fullerton
Jon Vandergriff (MFA Screenwriting, USC) has written professionally for sitcoms, including Coach and Home Improvement, serving on the latter as Staff Writer and then Supervising Producer. He was also Co-Executive Producer on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Along the way, he wrote... Read More →
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David Morgasen

Cal State Fullerton
Dave Morgasen (MFA Screenwriting, Cal State Fullerton) got his start on primetime awards shows, writing jokes for everyone from Eddie Murphy to Dick Van Dyke. Since then, he has written, directed, and/or produced for film, television, and viral online content. His parody of David... Read More →
Sunday April 19, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
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