Maynard Eaton has conducted innumerable high-profile interviews throughout his career, including heads of state, politicians, renown entertainers and athletes, and Civil Rights heroes and sheroes.   Known for his news reporting at Atlanta City Hall as well as under the gold dome of Georgia’s Capitol, Maynard Eaton has provided unprecedented news content and coverage. His television news reporting era forever endeared him to the citizens of Atlanta, and they continue to hail him in the streets of Atlanta to remind him of it.

Eaton became well-known in the 90’s as a political columnist and writer for Atlanta black print media, particularly The Atlanta Voice.  In addition, during his tenure as managing editor of The Atlanta Tribune, a monthly African American business magazine, readership and advertising revenue doubled. 

Maynard Eaton became the founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), and the President of the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists (AABJ).   Mr. Eaton also served as an Associate Professor of Broadcast and Print Journalism in the Communications Department of Clark Atlanta University.

Mr. Eaton broke ground in innovative media strategies and platforms and took on Managing Editor for the World African Network [WAN], the nation's first African American-owned Internet news service, directing a 12-member news team into the late 90’s.

In another historical first for African Americans in innovative news media platforms, Eaton served as the Southeast Bureau Chief and political correspondent for Black Entertainment Television [BET] from 1990-93.

Maynard Eaton was one of three Atlanta journalists selected as a panelist for the televised 1998 Georgia Governor's race debate. Eaton was also  selected in 1988 by the Georgia Democratic Party to write and produce the welcoming video presentation for the Party’s convention in Atlanta.

In 1997 and 2001, Eaton received the honor to serve as a panelist in the Atlanta Mayoral televised debates.

Eaton served as Deputy Press Secretary for former Georgia Lt. Governor Mark Taylor during Taylor’s second term, and has served as a media advisor/writer to other prominent Democratic political figures, including Mayor Shirley Franklin, Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis, and then-Atlanta Mayoral Candidate Kasim Reed.  

Working across political parties, Mr. Eaton served as Press Secretary for GA Republican Congressional candidate Dr.  Deborah Honeycutt in 2008 and campaign consultant to Republican Presidential candidate Steve Forbes in 1999-2000.

Eaton made his presence felt in the public political news dialogue in the new millennium, and  regularly appeared as a political analyst on the Bill Campbell Morning Show broadcast on WAOK-AM, and a panelist on Atlanta This Week, a TV news talk format showcasing prominent journalists of the day.

Taking the art of interview and dialogue to another level, Maynard Eaton co-founded a unique “info-tainment” format during the first decade of the twenty-first century called  NEWSMAKERS Live which became popular and known for Eaton’s intense and revealing interviews of prominent personalities and political figures.

Since January of 2011, Eaton has been the National Communications Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference [SCLC], and Editor of the National SCLC Magazine.  Bringing his expertise to bear, Eaton has supported Dr. King’s organization through a critical transition period.   Eaton has ensured venerable SCLC leaders such as  Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., Dr. Charles Steele, and numerous other SCLC leaders have been highlighted prominently in the media.  As National Communications Director, he has strengthened SCLC’s media relations through a continuum of news conferences, annual conventions, special Civil Rights events, national and international media interviews, and SCLC’s national publication.  In service to Dr. King’s legacy and America’s Civil Rights Movement, Eaton worked to bring an unprecedented level of media coverage for SCLC during the historic 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington,  coordinating with other Civil Rights organizations and their teams in a sea of national and international media.

Maynard Eaton continues to service prominent Atlanta leaders through his Eaton Media Group and serves the citizens of Atlanta as an active Board member of People TV, Atlanta’s public access television station. Eaton mentors and provides editorial expertise and partnership to numerous emerging Atlanta media professionals and outlets, with a focus of growing innovative platforms in the Southeast region of our nation.

Mr. Eaton continues his tradition -- in a style revered and all his own -- of interviewing prominent leaders, especially on “NEWSMAKERS Live”, a platform that remains respected for its uncommon, exclusive political and current dialogue in metropolitan Atlanta.  

Let it thus be duly noted, on this 14th day of November 2014, at the Commemoration Event of his 65th birthday that Maynard Eaton be recognized, acknowledged, and honored for the distinctly unique and unparalleled contributions he has made over the past two decades in the City of Atlanta through his television news reporting, print journalism, media and public relations, “quintessential” interviews and dynamic dialogue.