Meet Terri Thornton
Terri Thornton founded Thornton Communication in 1998 to serve the media relations needs of Atlanta-based businesses, organizations and institutions.
She is one of the few public relations professionals with a background in both broadcast news and the print media. In addition to spending more than two decades as an award-winning TV and radio reporter and producer, she’s also written several magazine articles and cover stories, and serves as a freelance editor for a prominent trade publication.
As the owner of Thornton Communications, she has identified and placed clients’ stories with leading newspapers, magazines, TV stations and Web sites locally and nationwide.
Her media relations efforts earned her a 2004 Bulldog Media Gold Award, beating much larger agencies which represented multinational corporations. What’s more, her experience in crisis communications helps clients navigate controversy and intense media scrutiny.
She currently serves on the board of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC.) Past volunteer efforts include co-chairing the public relations committee for the 2006 Atlanta Arthritis Walk, and serving as the featured speaker on a public relations teleconference for the National Arthritis Foundation. She is a past sponsorship chair of the Atlanta Press Club’s program committee, served on United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta’s Tech Initiative Steering Committee in 2001 and 2002, and was a member of the 2003 Georgia Technology Celebration’s public relations committee.
As a journalist, she won national and regional awards for investigative reporting, as well as documentary, series and newscast production. While at WAGA-TV in Atlanta, she launched Good Day Atlanta, the nation’s highest-rated local morning show.