The Devil Wears Prada 2 captures the reality of working writers

8 articles · Updated · The A.V. Club · May 4

The sequel opens with Andy Sachs winning an investigative journalism award before she and her editorial team are laid off by text in New York.
She returns to Runway as features editor after a viral rant about journalism and Miranda Priestly's cancellation over promoting a sweatshop-linked brand creates a rebranding opening.
Written by Aline Brosh McKenna and directed by David Frankel, the film ties Andy's financial precarity to wider newsroom cuts at outlets including the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post.

Beyond canceling one editor, how can the fashion industry truly escape its deep-rooted sweatshop scandals?

When integrity becomes a brand, can a journalist ever truly reclaim their values in a corporate world?

As AI rewrites the rules of media, is journalism's future a human story or just a line of code?