{"id":27424,"date":"2021-09-15T05:43:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T11:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/?page_id=27424"},"modified":"2021-09-15T05:49:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T11:49:46","slug":"abc-33-40-gm-eric-land-to-be-inducted-into-the-natas-gold-circle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/abc-33-40-gm-eric-land-to-be-inducted-into-the-natas-gold-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 33\/40 GM Eric Land to be inducted into the NATAS Gold Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\">Thirteen television luminaries are now members of the National Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences Southeast Chapter \u2018s (NATAS SE) prestigious Gold and Silver Circles. Ten television professionals were inducted into the Silver Circle and three honorees entered the Gold Circle. Former Atlanta mayor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young joined the nearly two hundred television professionals who gathered at Atlanta\u2019s Grand Hyatt Hotel Friday night September 10 to honor the 2020 and 2021 honorees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u201cThe chance to gather together\u2014to see and hear from legendary trailblazers like Billye Suber Aaron, Xernona Clayton and the 11 other honorees \u2013was such a blessing to everyone in attendance. During these difficult times, these honorees reminded us that we have overcome in the past\u2014and we will continue to overcome in the future. We just have to follow their examples of selfless dedication to our profession and to the public whom we serve,\u201d said NATAS SE Chapter President Evelyn Mims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19889\" src=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eric-Land.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eric-Land.jpg 200w, https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eric-Land-162x150.jpg 162w, https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eric-Land-150x139.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The Gold Circle is a distinction reserved for those who have dedicated 50 or more years pioneering, advancing and serving the industry and the public. This year\u2019s Gold circle inductees are Billye Aaron (TV Pioneer), Xernona Clayton (TV Pioneer), and <strong>Eric Land (ABC33\/40<\/strong>.) The Gold Circle honorees included legendary station manager Eric Land who began his career at age 13 cleaning weatherboards and Billye Suber Aaron and Xernona Clayton, the first two Black women featured on-air in the Southeast in the late 60\u2019s. Clayton described those early days in television and what they meant to other and to those who followed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t even seek the opportunity to go on television, I was busy fighting the dragons of prejudice and bigotry\u2026we made such great strides because we helped other people come into the industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\">The 2020-21 Silver Circle represents news and television professionals with 25 or more years of experience leading and innovating in service of their communities.\u00a0The Silver Circle honorees are Alvin Bryant (WSB-TV), Ray Carter (WSB-TV), Gianncarlo Cifuentes (Univision), Deborah Collura (WGCL-TV), Chris Holcomb (WXIA-TV), Karen Minton (WSB-TV), Vicki Montet (CNN Newsource), Jon Nelson (GPB), Tai Takahashi (WJTV\/WHLT), Bill Walsh (WCSC-TV)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen television luminaries are now members of the National Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences Southeast Chapter \u2018s (NATAS SE) prestigious Gold and Silver Circles. Ten television professionals were inducted into the Silver Circle and three honorees entered the Gold Circle. Former Atlanta mayor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young joined the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/abc-33-40-gm-eric-land-to-be-inducted-into-the-natas-gold-circle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ABC 33\/40 GM Eric Land to be inducted into the NATAS Gold Circle<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27424","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27428,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27424\/revisions\/27428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}