Amy George

Overview

Amy George is an accomplished writer, reporter, public relations professional, LinkedIn makeover artist and owner of By George Communications. Put simply, Amy helps people tell their stories in ways that lead to bigger, better things.

As a journalist, Amy won awards; as a PR pro, she earned Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) by the Public Relations Society of America.

By George clients have appeared in top media outlets, including The Associated Press, BBC Capital, CNN.com, MarketWatch, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Woman's Day Online.

Prior to By George, Amy was a senior public relations strategist for Wells Fargo Asset Management. Her clients appeared in AP, Barron's, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Financial Times, NYT, Reuters, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and more. Throughout her career, she also has helped clients demonstrate subject expertise in bylined articles published by CNN.com, Financial Planning, InvestmentNews, The Washington Post and more.

While being a journalist prepared Amy to be a communications and PR pro, her love of storytelling is a life-long endeavor. In kindergarten, she received a typewriter for Christmas and never looked back. By high school, she was writing for the teen section of the Dayton Daily News and winning awards on her high school debate team. Her college internships included the AP's Paris bureau.

After earning a journalism degree from Ohio University, Amy worked as a journalist for 13 years, including posts on the business desks at the AP in New York and The Charlotte Observer. In NYC, she covered the markets following the tech bubble through the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In Charlotte, she created a personal finance column, “Out of the Red,” which won a “Best in Business Columns” award from the national Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Amy writes for Inc. Online and Consumer Reports. She shares her talents for local causes and is a member of Charlotte's Women's Impact Fund and Business Leaders of Charlotte.