Word Express' Linton Johnson was vice president/public relations of Cornerstone Communications Group from June 2000 through October 2003, following 17 years as a weekly newspaper editor and publisher in Elberton and Royston. He began his newspaper career as a sports writer for the Athens Banner-Herald/Daily News while studying journalism at the University of Georgia.

At Cornerstone, Johnson managed the public relations accounts for clients including the West Georgia Watershed Assessment, the Buckhead Community Improvement District, the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, the landscape architecture firm of Hughes, Good, O'Leary & Ryan Inc. in Atlanta and St. Joseph's/Candler Health System in Savannah.

He also supervised and provided PR support to Cornerstone's work on the Georgia Cancer Awareness and Education Campaign for the Georgia Department of Human Resources and the Georgia Cancer Coalition.

Johnson has coordinated campaign and constituent communications services for more than two dozen state legislators. In 2002, he was directly involved in 15 political campaigns, 12 of which were victorious.

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