Pulling Back in Dallas

Longtime KXAS (Dallas) Anchor Meredith Land is pulling back a bit on her duties at the station.

Land announced that she will no longer be anchoring the station’s late newscast, while she will still be doing the 5-6PM broadcast.

“I will be able to have dinner with my family every night and help with homework, go to football games and soccer games and just be part of it all,” Land said. “I’ll be able to spend evenings with my family in real time — not just via FaceTime.”

Of course this big change will not take place until after the November book.

“There’s a whole other world after dark that I haven’t been part of for well over a decade,” Land said.

Land, who joined NBC5 in 2003, replaced Jane McGarry in February 2010 to become co-anchor of the 10 p.m. newscasts with Brian Curtis.

Although, she’s just 42 years old, she thinks this is a good time to dial it back a bit.

“But I’ll never regret putting my family first,” Land said. “I’ve done this primetime show a long time. Women are afraid to lean a little closer to home life when they feel that pull because they don’t want to lose all that they’ve built with their career.

“I’ve made a big sacrifice over the years to get to this place. But I’m very grateful to work for a company that not only says it supports women but actually does.”

Land also knows that the future for her and others in TV news, might be in the digital space and she hopes by pulling back on TV news, she can focus a bit more on digital.

“This is about family balance, but it’s also about taking a hard look at where people really are. And I want to be part of that space.,“she says. It’s empowering for women to take control of what they want in life beyond the boardroom or TV station.”

Good for her!

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