Deanna Thompson, owner of Thompson Communications, holds a degree in journalism from Ohio University in Athens, OH.  A former newspaper reporter and hospital public relations director, she has operated her own writing/editing/desktop publishing business in Greensboro, NC for more than a decade.

Companies that have used her services include financial institutions (such as Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, now Wachovia Corporation); furniture component manufacturers (such as Collier-Keyworth); furniture accessory manufacturers (such as Sedgefield by Adams); franchisers (such as Li’l Dino’s); hospital groups (such as Moses Cone Health System); physician practices (such as Greensboro Radiation Oncology), health clubs (such as Sportime Racquet and Athletic Club), graphic design/advertising agencies (such as Line Design Graphics); and medical software firms (such as Overlook Software).

Deanna Thompson also has written extensively for newspapers, magazines, newsletters and book publishers.

She has covered the Capitol in Florida, early presidential politics in New Hampshire and business movers and shakers in North Carolina.

She has won a number of awards, including recognition for depth reporting and investigative reporting from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors and the Florida Press Club, and a national first place award for press releases from the National Federation of Press Women.