About Fahey Communications
Mike Fahey is a tenacious media guru, who’s held a front row seat and sat in the corner office calling the shots - for history!
Mike returns to Boston coming from WBFF in Baltimore, where he ran the news division of the station. Prior to that, Mike spent nearly a decade working at stations across New England. His work has been recognized with four New England Emmy Awards and several Edward R. Murrow Regional awards. Mike has led newsroom through stories that have shaped our nation, including the Boston Marathon bombings, the Coronavirus pandemic and the protests calling for racial justice across the country.
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Mike also spent six years at 7News in Boston. Over his tenure with the station, Mike was tasked with managing every daypart at one time or another. Mike launched WHDH's five-and-a-half-hour morning show, when the station went independent. He was in the control room when Tsarnaev was sentenced. He was the first person to make calls when the suicide of Aaron Hernandez was reported.
But it’s not all blood and gore. Mike was able to place hundreds of stories that truly mattered to viewers. He worked closely with a nonprofit in Marshfield, to publicize a blood drive for a soccer star in need. He was able to place businesses on countless segments, during the pandemic. He was able to use his Rolodex of experts to place contacts on all news stations. He has partnered with several nonprofits, making sure their events and initiatives were highlighted on every station in Boston.
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Fahey Communications is far more than a PR agency, offering tailored services that make our clients’ messages more powerful. We promote and protect iconic food, restaurant, retail and franchise brands through public and media relations, social media strategy and crisis management.
We know that sharing the right message, with the right journalist or publication, at the right time can be a challenge. That’s why we are here. Collaborating with the media is at the heart of what we do every day. We have 15 years of experience in local media. The Fahey Method for pitching combines our knowledge of the current media landscape with our insider insights into how to reach the right people in charge.
Before joining WHDH, Mike worked as the Morning Executive Producer at New England Cable News in Boston, as the Executive Producer at WJAR in Providence and as the morning news producer at WAFB in Baton Rouge.
Mike spent four years in Lexington, Virginia at Washington and Lee, where he majored in Journalism and Mass Communications and Sociology/Anthropology.
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