{"id":24417,"date":"2022-05-17T13:17:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T17:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=24417"},"modified":"2022-05-17T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T17:20:58","slug":"tlingit-entrepreneur-alyssa-london-lands-major-television-contributor-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/05\/17\/tlingit-entrepreneur-alyssa-london-lands-major-television-contributor-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlingit entrepreneur Alyssa London lands major television contributor spot"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/05\/17\/tlingit-entrepreneur-alyssa-london-lands-major-television-contributor-spot\/alyssalondon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"24418\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/05\/17\/tlingit-entrepreneur-alyssa-london-lands-major-television-contributor-spot\/alyssalondon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/17\/AlyssaLondon.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Alyssa London\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Alyssa London on MSNBC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alyssa London appears n the Morning Joe show on MSNBC on May 17, 2022.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/17\/AlyssaLondon-1024x576.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/17\/AlyssaLondon.jpg\" alt=\"Alyssa London\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-24418\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Alyssa London appears n the Morning Joe show on MSNBC on May 17, 2022.<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Tlingit entrepreneur Alyssa London lands major television contributor spot<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, May 17, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/alyssalondon.com>Alyssa London<\/a>, a citizen of the <a href=http:\/\/www.ccthita.org>Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes<\/a>, has joined the news network <a href=https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/>NBC News<\/a> and  cable television network <a href=https:\/\/www.msnbc.com>MSNBC<\/a> as an on-air contributor.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBCPR\/status\/1526555536518483974>MSNBC public relations<\/a>, London will provide insights on issues affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives. Her <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alyssaklondon\/posts\/5437177426302992>first appearance<\/a> took place on Tuesday morning, when she discussed the <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Buffalo_shooting>hate crime shooting in Buffalo, New York<\/a>, on the <a href=https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/morning-joe>Morning Joe show<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Honored to join as a contributor. Thank you for the opportunity!&#8221; London said in a <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyssaklondon\/status\/1526556009602351104>post on social media<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_twitter-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyssaklondon\/status\/1526556009602351104\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19\/6kqgrrdu_400x400.png\" alt=\"Alyssa London (@alyssaklondon) on X\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyssaklondon\/status\/1526556009602351104\">\n\t\t\tAlyssa London (@alyssaklondon) on X\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyssaklondon\/status\/1526556009602351104\">\n\t\t\t<p>Honored to join as a contributor. Thank you for the opportunity!<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"X (formerly Twitter)\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tX (formerly Twitter)\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLondon is a 2012 graduate of   Stanford University, <a href=https:\/\/alyssalondon.com\/about>according to her online biography<\/a>. She was the first Tlingit person to win the title of Miss Alaska USA  and went on to compete in the national Miss USA competition in 2017.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nLondon founded her own company, where she has provided speaking, professional coaching and <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/CultureStory>media   services<\/a> to clients. She was named to the Native American 40 under 40 list by the <a href=https:\/\/www.ncaied.org\/>National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development<\/a> in 2017.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Congratulations to previous Sealaska shareholder and previous Board Youth Advisor, Alyssa London, on becoming a contributor,&#8221;   Sealaska, an Alaska Native corporation, wrote in a <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sealaska\/status\/1526604986544599040>post on social media<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nLondon appears to be the first Native person to serve as an on-air contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. She was identified as a &#8220;producer&#8221; for MSNBC during the Morning Joe segment on Tuesday.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nDuring the show, London appeared alongside the Rev. Al Sharpton Jr. and other contributors and figures to discuss race, racism and the rise in hate crimes in the  United States. <a href=https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?520339-1\/president-biden-calls-white-supremacy-poison-running-body-politic>President Joe Biden visited Buffalo on Tuesday<\/a> to discuss the mass shooting there, in which 10 people were killed and three suffered injuries.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nOf the 13 victims of the shooting,  which occurred on Saturday, 11 are African Americans. According to authorities, the suspect &#8212;   identified as 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron &#8212; intended to  target  African American  people because of their race.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_twitter-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1526605600913752064\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FS-Xsn8XwAEusAh?format=webp&#038;name=large\" alt=\"President Biden Archived (@POTUS46Archive) on X\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1526605600913752064\">\n\t\t\tPresident Biden Archived (@POTUS46Archive) on X\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1526605600913752064\">\n\t\t\t<p>Jill and I are in Buffalo to stand with the community and to grieve with the families. As a nation, we must find purpose to live a life worthy of those we lost. We must resolve that from tragedy will come hope and light and life.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"X (formerly Twitter)\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tX (formerly Twitter)\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Jill and I are in Buffalo to stand with the community and to grieve with the families,&#8221; the president stated in a post on social media. &#8220;As a nation, we must find purpose to live a life worthy of those we lost. We must resolve that from tragedy will come hope and light and life.&#8221;\r\n \r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alyssa London, a citizen of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes, is set to become a familiar face on NBC News and MSNBC.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[78,79,2921,80,783,101,1020,986,53,243,868,34,47,61,109,44],"class_list":["post-24417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-alyssa-london","tag-ancs","tag-ccthita","tag-crime","tag-hate-crime","tag-jill-biden","tag-joe-biden","tag-media","tag-ncaied","tag-new-york","tag-race","tag-racism","tag-tv","tag-women","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-6lP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/17\/AlyssaLondon.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}