Michael Harker Email & Phone Number

Brownsburg, Indiana, United States

https://michaelharker.smugmug.com

- Certified to score and report play-by-play NFL and NCAA Football and Basketball games.- Certified for Player Participation program (data acquisition and input, video research) for football.- Play-by-play summaries and drives of Indianapolis Colts home games.- Red Light Project for select NHL games.

Orlando, Florida Area

- Freelance public and media relations- Oversee and write daily blogs for Motor Racing Stats (https://motorracingstats.blogspot.com), which looks at statistics, analytics, and trends in the motorsports industry (both internationally-sanctioned events, United States-based series and local/grassroots events/series)Operate small sports business with emphasis.

Brownsburg, Indiana

- Pre-race and post-race releases for John and Courtney Force- Introduced new social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) concepts such as weekly stats-related posts (STATurday); This Day in JFR History; and day- and month-specific content (Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, National Welders Month, National Sibling Day, National Scrabble Day, etc.).

- Promotion of and assisting in the set-up of interviews related to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Trophy Tour, featuring the iconic crystal football awarded to the top-ranked NCAA FBS school in the Amway Coaches Poll at the end of the season

Zionsville, Indiana

Orlando, Florida Area

• Supervise website management, maintenance, enhancement, updates, and development, related to written and photo content
• Devise and implement social media strategy/planning and manage postings for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and SurveyMonkey
• Create strategic communications plans for several Diocesan events
• Operate live streaming encoder during special events
• Manage and develop video on demand, podcasts, mobile applications and deliveries, and e-marketing tools
• Compose media releases and write/edit stories and take photos for The Florida Catholic newspaper as needed

Orlando, Florida Area

• Draft stories and capture photographs for Orlando edition of The Florida Catholic, a Roman Catholic newspaper covering the state of Florida, and provide written copy for the Diocese of Orlando website and newsletter
• Maintain archives of both written stories and photos, using database and spreadsheets
• Transcribe the Bishop’s speeches
• Assist in updating directories for parishes and priests
• Update various web pages on Diocese of Orlando website

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Responsible for advance/recap writing in Rolex Series and Continental Tire Challenge series
• Assembled Trackside (event) Media Guide, including news, schedules and statistics for each race
• Pitched story ideas to local and national media in U.S., and expanded efforts to international outlets (Canada, Europe, Latin America, Africa) beginning in 2008
• Compiled race notes and quotes, used for various event-related functions
• Served as liaison between race control and SPEED television crew during races
• Oversaw and completed work for 2008 and 2011 GRAND-AM Media Guides

• Coordinated efforts to strengthen presence in local and national media with notes, stories, press releases and outreach
• Attended national races, assisting with entry lists, results and interviews
• Assisted in Victory Lane and pre-and post-event Media Center coordination
• Advanced series’ website through stories on every division, with photos and voice files incorporated into the stories
• Improved process of filing photos for media publications and historical reference
• Developed and updated record and statistical book on 35-year history of Silver Crown Series

Speedway, Indiana

Bachelors, Mass Communications

Activities and Societies: Crescent (newspaper; sports editor) Basketball Manager Baseball Manager Yearbook Newman Club

Bachelor Of Science, Mass Communications, Mass Communications