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, “Cryptocurrency’s Kryptonite”
Monday, November 24, 2025 -Bill Crane- Here’s the story of the high-flying funny money that flew too close to the sun…and then… There are times in life when a moment crystallizes in your mind, and increasingly, at least for me, when you can anticipate when that latest ‘hot topic,’ is about to… - One Man’s Opinion, “MTG 2.0?”Monday, November 17, 2025 -Bill Crane As we watch our local, state and federal elected officials in office and action, their public media appearances and more salacious comments tend to overly define their public persona. I have told many for decades, particularly if the official is part of your community or represents…
- One Man’s Opinion, “Hard Pass on the Arch de Trump,”Tuesday, November 11, 2025 -Bill Crane- Finalizing this column on Veterans Day, I want to be clear that our nation is forever indebted to the millions of men and women who have served in uniform, as well as those serving today, in every corner of the globe, protecting our nation, our freedoms…
- One Man’s Opinion, “Town of Tucker Becomes a Growing City,”Tuesday, November 4, 2025 -Bill Crane- Settled back in 1892, Tucker was a prosperous town, in east central DeKalb County. Along the main rail line heading east out of Atlanta, it had a Main Street, prominent local businesses in the same family for generations like Cofer Brothers and Matthews Cafeteria, and its…