Alonda Thomas Named One of the Top 25 African American PR Millennials to Watch

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined” — Henry David Thoreau

Alonda Thomas is the PR Manager of TV One Network and leads the PR department in the Silver Spring, Maryland headquarters. She manages several publicity campaigns for TV One’s scripted and unscripted programming.

Thomas’ slate of television programs include the multiple award-winning series “Unsung.” She has successfully implemented press strategies for the show’s tenth season and secured an exclusive season announcement with Billboard magazine, among other key media outlets. “Unsung” is a lot of fun to promote because I get to interact with some of the legendary performers of the music industry,” says Thomas “I’ve secured interviews for SWV, Wyclef, Fat Joe, Jagged Edge and I booked Ice-T’s first-ever interview with Essence magazine.”

Thomas has worked closely with the casts of TV One’s original movies, “When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story,” directed by the talented Tasha Smith; “Downsized,” starring Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker, and the highly anticipated biopic, “Bobbi Kristina,” which received national press interest given the film’s focus on the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

“Last week, I was excited that ‘Entertainment Weekly’ [November 21 issue] featured two of our new holiday movies that will premiere in December,” says Thomas. “‘Miss Me This Christmas,’ which stars Erica Ash and Redaric Williams, and “You Can’t Fight Christmas,” starring Brély Evans, Andra Fuller, and Persia White. Both are two charming Christmas movies representing unique black holiday experiences that you won’t want to miss.”

A native of Miami, Florida, Thomas is a positive and vibrant young lady with a stellar career in public relations. She is defined by many as a publicist of distinction. Her former boss [Florida A&M University] and mentor, Mrs. Sharon P. Saunders said, “Alonda is an anomaly,” which is a deviate from the normal or expected.

Thomas is inspired and encouraged by the positive images produced by TV One. “I am promoting positive content about black culture on a black network, owned by a black woman,” she says. “Cathy Hughes story is the American dream. It is so motivating to …

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