Bill Crane is nearing 30 years as a senior communications strategist. He began his career in broadcasting, and later served in senior communications staff positions under Georgia’s Gold Dome as well as on Capitol Hill, working for two U.S. Senators and one Governor, in both major political parties. Crane also has significant economic development experience, serving as Vice-President of Marketing and Communications for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Forward Atlanta during Atlanta’s Olympic years.
During the prior decade, Crane was a Senior Vice President with the GCI Group, a global public relations firm, where he helmed client engagements for AFLAC, Cousins Properties, Deloitte Consulting, InterContinental Hotels Group, and Johnson & Johnson among others.
Since the 2000 Presidential Election, Crane has become one of the southeast’s most visible political analysts and commentators, first with 11Alive News, Atlanta’s NBC affiliate, and now Channel 2’s WSB-TV Action News. Crane added radio commentary in 2006, since providing analysis for WSB-95.5 FM as well as 750AM, and other CMG properties. In 2009, Crane began a weekly and now syndicated political column entitled “One Man’s Opinion.” In addition to his hometown newspapers in DeKalb County, The Champion (DeKalb’s legal organ) and DeKalb’s Champion Free Press, “One Man’s Opinion” appears in The Brunswick News, Our Town Gwinnett, The Darien News, AccessWDUN.com, WSBRadio.com as well as several dozen other print and online media outlets across Georgia.
Also in 2009, Crane opened his own shop, CSI Crane, LLC, providing a full range of marketing, public affairs, and communications services to individuals and corporations. CSI Crane specializes in corporate reputation and executive visibility, strategic media relations and thought leadership, as well as crisis communications particularly well suited for the needs of highly regulated industries.
Crane is a graduate of the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He remains an avid Bulldog fan, and the proud father of two daughters, and grandfather of twin boys. He travels frequently for business and as a keynote speaker and is active as a board member on more than half a dozen non-profit organizations. Crane lives in Scottdale, Georgia, the offices of CSI Crane are nearby in Decatur.
Weekly Column:
- One Man’s Opinion, “Dodging the DOGE,”
Monday, February 17, 2025 -Bill Crane President Donald Trump campaigned on reducing the size and scope of our federal government. Millions of Americans support that position, the devil of course will be in the details. Our federal bureaucracy is bloated, often unresponsive and more than occasionally duplicative. A recent Trump edict to the U.S.… - One Man’s Opinion, “Now I AM a Swiftie,”Monday, February 10, 2025 -Bill Crane Though I have had the pleasure of attending three Super Bowls and still appreciate the generosity of my hosts in each instance, I will admit like many Americans for me the “Big Game” somewhat lost its luster many years ago. At least for me, College Football…
- One Man’s Opinion, “A Tribute to Black History Month,”February 3, 2025 -Bill Crane Noted Black scholar and historian Carter G. Woodson, known as the Father of Black History, was born in 1875 to former slaves. He worked on the family farm in West Virginia as well as in the coal mines nearby. He was largely self-taught in most school subjects, and entered…
- One Man’s Opintion. “Pardon Me Sirs?”Monday, January 27, 2025 -Bill Crane I will have to look to others to be the judge of my reality here, but I try to be a well-mannered, southern gentleman, admittedly more than a bit old school in my day to day life and dealings with others. There is still a good…
