Roger Harvey

Profile

Roger Harvey is a strategic communications specialist and a senior vice president with Bose Public Affairs Group LLC. Harvey works closely with corporations, governmental entities, and non-profit organizations providing strategic communications services. His expertise includes crisis communications, media training, public relations and grassroots campaigns. Harvey also assists clients with messaging and branding to both internal and external audiences.

Mr. Harvey's career as a journalist has taken him around the world, and his investigative, political and general assignment reports have been honored dozens of times. Most recently, he received an Edward R. Murrow regional award for his reporting in Afghanistan. He was one of the first journalists to report live using a satellite videophone from Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he covered Indiana soldiers serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. Those reports also won a regional Emmy.

Among his most memorable assignments, Mr. Harvey covered Hurricane Katrina as the storm hit Mississippi, reporting on Indiana Task Force One and the mission to rescue victims in Gulfport and Biloxi. He also reported from New York City within hours of the September 11 attacks and was an anchor at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and spent more than 18 years working at television network affiliates in Indianapolis, Richmond, Va. and Florence/Myrtle Beach, S.C. He serves on the board of the Culpepper Journalism Foundation, which funds high school scholarships in south Florida. He is a graduate of the FBI Citizens’ Academy and the Carmel Police Citizens’ Academy. Harvey is an announcer for the American Tennis Professional Tour RCA Championships tournament and frequently serves as an emcee for numerous charity galas and golf events.

Honors / Awards

Harvey was honored with an EPIC Award of Excellence from the International Association of Business Communicators, Indianapolis chapter for Multi-Audience Communication Program in 2008. He received an EPIC Award of Excellence from the International Association of Business Communicators, Indianapolis chapter for Media Relations Communications in 2007. He has received journalism awards from the Scripps Howard Foundation; the Radio-Television News Directors Association; the Washington, D.C., and Cleveland, Ohio, Emmy chapters; the Society of Professional Journalists; and the Associated Press. Among his statewide honors, he was named the Associated Press Reporter of the Year. The Indiana Broadcasters Association selected his investigative work as “Story of the Year.” He also won a CASPER Award for community service in investigative reporting.

Appearances / Publications

Speaker: Harvey is a frequent speaker at conferences, conventions and meetings where he provides insight regarding the news media, the state of journalism, and best practices for an effective communications strategy. A sample of his past speaking engagements include:  National Conference of State Legislatures – Staff Leadership Seminar (2008); Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Annual Statewide Conference – Crisis Management Seminar (2008); Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association – Experience Indianapolis (2008); Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Annual Statewide Conference – The Art of Powerful Persuasion (2007)

Appointments / Memberships

International Association of Business Communicators, Public Relations Society of America, Culpepper Journalism Foundation (Board of Directors)