Press
Sampling of media coverage.
Caitlin McCarthy featured on IMAGINE Magazine's Summer 2024 cover. Cover story focuses on WONDER DRUG and Caitlin McCarthy's other screenplay projects.
WONDER DRUG by Caitlin McCarthy was a Top 50 script/Top 10 Highest Scoring Female Writer in the 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition.
Caitlin McCarthy on the cover of Imagine Magazine's Fall 2020 issue. The cover story focuses on Caitlin's award-winning screenplay WONDER DRUG moving ahead with Rhino Films and producer Stephen Nemeth.
Monica Lennon MSP spoke before Scottish Parliament about the need for a DES apology, mentioning Caitlin McCarthy’s DES activism and WONDER DRUG script around the 5:19 timecode.
Feature on Caitlin McCarthy’s in-person meeting with members of Scottish Parliament about DES. It also includes an update on WONDER DRUG. Caitlin previously testified via video before members of Scottish Parliament, which led to Sturgeon's inclusion of DES in her apology to the forced adoption victims.
Major Coverage of Caitlin McCarthy's DES (Stilbestrol) Testimony to Scottish Parliament. It has an amazing headline: "Ignoring the silent killer... Top medic accused of not listening to cancer campaigners."
BBC Radio 4 has released an incredible audio documentary about DES called "Poison in the Womb." In it, Caitlin McCarthy discusses her experiences as a DES Daughter, activist, and screenwriter of WONDER DRUG. The episode is 30 minutes but packs a serious punch.
Members of Scottish Parliament commend Caitlin McCarthy's testimony and support a DES apology; WONDER DRUG is mentioned in article.
Feature story in Worcester Magazine about WONDER DRUG moving ahead with Lori Singer as director and co-writer, Stephen Nemeth/Rhino Films as producer, and Vanessa Hope as Executive Producer.
The Museum of the Moving Image's interview with Caitlin McCarthy about WONDER DRUG.
WONDER DRUG and its screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy were quoted in The Sunday Post about the need for a DES apology in Scotland.
Front page story in the DES Action Voice about Caitlin McCarthy, WONDER DRUG, and the DES apology effort in Scotland.
Telegram & Gazette feature story entitled: "Worcester voice of DES survival Caitlin McCarthy to address Scottish Parliament." Both WONDER DRUG and Caitlin’s DES activism are highlighted in the feature story.
CanvasRebel Magazine article about WONDER DRUG and screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy.
Congressman Jim McGovern mentions Caitlin McCarthy in letter requesting DES apology from HHS.
The Black List selected WONDER DRUG by Caitlin McCarthy as a “Featured Script” and heavily promoted the screenplay, which was highly rated by Black List reviewers.
Zaftyg Los Angeles ran a cover story about Caitlin McCarthy as part of its Female Screenwriters Series.
Worcester Magazine feature story about Caitlin McCarthy's DES activism and WONDER DRUG screenplay.
Boston Globe cover story about DES featuring photo and interview with WONDER DRUG screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy.
WONDER DRUG screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy was interviewed for The Sunday Post's front page story about the latest DES scandal rocking Scotland, all the way to Parliament. DES victims may receive an apology from the Scottish Government.
WONDER DRUG screenwriter and DES Daughter Caitlin McCarthy discussed the disastrous consequences of DES on WCVB-TV Boston's newsmagazine Chronicle. This episode was submitted for Emmy consideration.
Poem on Medium inspired by Caitlin McCarthy's WONDER DRUG interview with the Museum of the Moving Image.
Variety coverage on WONDER DRUG receiving a live staged reading, followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy and her scientific advisor P. Harry Jellinck, at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
ODE Magazine highlighted WONDER DRUG screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy as an “Intelligent Optimist” for her DES activism. Note: The FDA finally acknowledged DES as a “tragedy” in 2011, after 40 years of silence. Caitlin McCarthy spearheaded the campaign for that acknowledgement with former U.S. Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown.
WONDER DRUG by Caitlin McCarthy was honored on the annual Bitch List.
Spectrum News 1 Worcester ran a news segment about Caitlin McCarthy’s screenplay WONDER DRUG moving ahead with Rhino Films, as well as the Worcester City Council honoring her through a Resolution.
Interview with French organization "DES it it" about WONDER DRUG.
Coverfly, a discovery platform for the entertainment industry, named WONDER DRUG “Overall Top 1% All-Time” out of 48,144 screenplays.
From Sisters in Crime New England article: "Caitlin McCarthy's screenplay, WONDER DRUG, is under development with producer Stephen Nemeth. She takes us on the 15 year process to get there."
Caitlin McCarthy's article "I'm a DES Daughter, Are You?" was featured on The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet's website. It highlights the origins of WONDER DRUG, the screenplay.
Caitlin McCarthy was honored for WONDER DRUG and her DES activism on the "Forty Over 40" list, which celebrates women who are upending the perception that 40 is past your prime.
WVVH-TV interviewed Doron Weber (Sloan Foundation) and Wonder Drug screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy after WONDER DRUG’s live staged reading at the Hamptons International Film Festival. WONDER DRUG had its origins as a Sloan script at the Hamptons Screenwriters Lab.
Worcester City Council recognized Caitlin McCarthy and her WONDER DRUG screenplay through a Resolution on November 17, 2020.
Script Magazine interview with Caitlin McCarthy about her scripts including WONDER DRUG and her writing process.
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London published an article about WONDER DRUG in its Apothecary Magazine.
Caitlin McCarthy and WONDER DRUG were featured in Women and Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)'s Member Spotlight.
Australian newspaper The Spectator ran a feature about DES, highlighting WONDER DRUG and including a photo of screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy and script consultant Sir Ralph Dodds (son of DES creator Sir Charles Dodds).
Worcester Telegram & Gazette article about Caitlin McCarthy winning an artist fellowship from the Mass Cultural Council. Article highlights her scripts A NATIVE LAND and WONDER DRUG.
Caitlin McCarthy with Kathleen Roberts (namesake of the Kathleen Roberts Creative Leadership Award) at the Massachusetts Teacher Association (MTA)’s Human and Civil Rights Award Ceremony. Caitlin won an award for “demonstrating creativity in improving conditions and opportunities for particular individuals and/or groups through her DES activism; her efforts to raise awareness about DES through her WONDER DRUG screenplay; and her work with then U.S. Senator John Kerry and then U.S. Senator Scott Brown on obtaining the FDA acknowledgment of DES as a ‘tragedy.’”
WONDER DRUG screenwriter and DES Daughter Caitlin McCarthy was a featured speaker at a symposium on DES; the symposium marked the 40th anniversary of the DES cancer link being made at Massachusetts General Hospital.
French coverage of WONDER DRUG by Reseau DES France.
Article in DES Action's Voice newsletter about WONDER DRUG being accepted as a Sloan script into the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab.