Marshall Latimore, erstwhile Editor-In-Chief of The Atlanta Voice (Photo Credit: Courtesy of The Atlanta Voice)
The Atlanta Press Club precocious announced that Marshall Latimore, erstwhile Editor-In-Chief of The Atlanta Voice, volition beryllium inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame connected November 11.
Latimore died earlier this twelvemonth connected March 10 astatine the property of 36. He came to The Atlanta Voice successful 2017 aft serving arsenic the Editor-In-Chief of Nashville’s Stay On The Go Magazine.
“The Atlanta Press Club is pleased to admit the enactment of Marshall Latimore astatine our 2021 Hall of Fame ceremony,” said Kristi Wooten, president of The Atlanta Press Club. “Typically, this grant is reserved for journalists with galore decades of experience; however, Latimore’s interaction prompted our information committee to rethink what it means to physique a bequest successful media, thing helium achieved wrong his abbreviated lifespan. In these uncertain times, our anticipation is that Marshall Latimore’s induction into the Hall of Fame volition radiance a spotlight connected his contributions and animate a caller procreation of young journalists.”
This twelvemonth marks the eleventh day of the Atlanta Press Club’s Hall of Fame program. The enactment is besides inducting Billye Aaron, erstwhile co-host of WSB-TV’s Today successful Georgia; Rebecca Burns erstwhile editor-in-chief of Atlanta Magazine; Jim Galloway erstwhile exertion for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Paul Hemphill, erstwhile sportswriter.
“What I respected astir astir Marshall was his enactment ethic and his disciplined attack to the job,” said Michael B. Jordan, Atlanta Press Club Board subordinate and EIC of ButterATL. “We got to cognize each different during media events, and I ever enjoyed talking store with him, proceeding his off-the-record opinions astir happenings successful Atlanta’s media, political, entrepreneurial and amusement circles.”
“Marshall knew overmuch much than helium told and was omniscient beyond his years — incredibly astute and ever prepared, but consistently unbothered. He was a standout illustration of leadership, and I anticipation much young Black journalists successful Atlanta and beyond volition travel successful his footsteps.”
Janis Ware, steadfast of The Atlanta Voice said, “Marshall Latimore was decidedly a writer force, not conscionable present successful Atlanta but successful journalism successful general. When helium passed we were shocked astatine the galore radical successful journalism who reached retired and the galore publications based extracurricular of Atlanta that published thing connected his passing. And helium had a large interaction present astatine The Atlanta Voice. A batch of however we arsenic a institution run contiguous is owed to Marshall’s influence, truthful helium volition ne'er beryllium forgotten, astatine slightest not wrong the walls of our organization.
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