Frank Sayles Jr. inducted into Marquis Who’s Who Biographical Registry
Published 8:27 am Wednesday, October 18, 2023
- Frank Sayles Jr.
TIFTON- Frank Sayles Jr. has been inducted in Marquis Who’s Who.
Sayles is CEO of Sayles Unlimited Marketing and editor and publisher of the Tifton Grapevine, a digital newspaper in Tifton, Ga.
As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Sayles has been a publisher and editor of daily newspapers across the Southeast. He has served as publisher of The Tifton (Ga.) Gazette, editor and publisher of The Valdosta (Ga.) Daily Times, group publisher of The Dalton (Ga.) Daily Citizen, editor and vice president of readership of the Beckley (W.Va.) Register-Herald, editor of the Florence (S.C.) Morning News, managing editor of the Bluefield (W.Va.) Daily Telegraph, and assistant metro editor, city editor, and statehouse bureau chief of The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C. He also edited a weekly newspaper, The Tazewell County (Va.) Free Press.
As a political journalist, Sayles has covered the South Carolina General Assembly and governor’s office, reported on the Southern Governors Association and congressional hearings, covered presidential campaigns, and has interviewed four presidents of the United States, including President Jimmy Carter inside the White House Cabinet Room.
He has been involved in industry organizations, serving as president of the Georgia AP (Associated Press) Association in Atlanta, a member of the Georgia Press Education Foundation Board of Directors, a committee chairman of the Georgia Press Association, and has conducted seminars for both the Southern Newspapers Publishers Association and the Georgia Press Association.
Sayles also has served as a management trainer for Thomson Newspapers, conducting seminars across the United States and Canada, and has assisted with Dale Carnegie training courses.
He also has served as administrator of Southern Care Assisted Living in Tifton, Ga., and as an elected city councilman on Tifton City Council.
In Tifton, Sayles is involved in many community activities. He has served as president of numerous organizations, including the United Way, the YMCA, the Rotary Club, the Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence, and the Tifton-Tift County Public Library Foundation. He has served as vice chair of the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce and serves as chairman of both the Tifton-Tift County Tourism Association and the Tifton Planning & Zoning Commission.
A graduate of Old Dominion University with a bachelor of arts, Sayles was editor of the student newspaper and was inducted in Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society and Sigma Beta Tau leadership service society. He was inducted in Who’s Who Among American High School Students while attending school in Virginia Beach, Va.
He is also a graduate of the American Press Institute in Reston, Va., and of the Media Management Center at Northwestern University.
A native of Norfolk, Va., Sayles and his wife Bonnie J. Sayles have one son, Nick, of Dahlonega, Ga.