Jimmy Booth

Jimmy Booth is a native Georgian who after having resided in the Atlanta metropolitan area for most of his life, recently moved to Dahlonega in the North Georgia mountains. He is a graduate of Emory University, where he majored in political science and served as editor of the student newspaper, The Emory Wheel.

In the field of public relations and advertising, Booth has previously worked as president of Wood/Booth Consultants, Jonesboro; president of The Word Shop, Peachtree City; vice president of public relations for RMG Inc., Peachtree City; senior vice president of public relations for The Habersham Agency, Atlanta and Peachtree City; and president and co-owner of Booth Brown & Associates Inc., Peachtree City. He also has experience in corporate communications for real estate development, investment and financial institutions headquartered in the Atlanta area, and he served in a management position in Emory University's publications department.

During his 20 years in journalism, Booth twice worked with The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, including time heading the staff of the daily newspaper's weekly supplements serving the Metro South area. He also worked as managing editor of the Walton Tribune in Monroe; editor of The Jackson Herald in Jefferson; editor, general manager and part owner of the Forsyth County News in Cumming; managing editor of Clayton News/Daily in Jonesboro; and editor of the Fayette County News in Fayetteville. In 1974, he and his wife Margo founded THIS WEEK in Peachtree City, operating this newspaper for seven years before selling the publication. During the years they ran THIS WEEK, the newspaper received approximately 50 national and state press awards. Booth and his wife also co-founded Metro South Magazine, a quarterly magazine serving the counties in the southern portion of the Atlanta metropolitan area, and Booth was the first editor and co-publisher of the magazine.

While serving as a newspaper publisher, Booth's professional activities included time as a member of the board of governors for the Georgia Press Educational Foundation. He was chairperson of the Georgia Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest Committee, vice chairperson of the National Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest Committee, and co-producer of the annual Georgia Press Association-sponsored spoof of Georgia politics, the "Cracker Crumble".

Booth was also a contributing writer for the Fayette County Historical Society's "History of Fayette County - 1821-1971", and he has written articles for a number of Atlanta area business magazines.