Patrick Crowley, 63, passed away unexpectedly at his home
Last week, the Greater Cincinnati area was shocked by the loss of Patrick Crowley, 63. Crowley, founder of PR firm Strategic Advisers, LLC and formerly of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Dec. 28.
After the news broke, many local journalism peers published dedications to his 27-year-long career as a newspaper, magazine, television and digital journalist, including 6 years as a business writer, political writer and columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Dan Horn of the Cincinnati Enquirer wrote of Crowley after news of his passing: “As a longtime journalist and public relations executive in Greater Cincinnati, Crowley spent decades making calls to people who might have been annoyed if the caller was anyone but Crowley. He was charming and funny and bigger than life in all the right ways.”
Crowley also worked for The Cincinnati Post, The Cincinnati Business Record, The Maysville Ledger-Independent, The Register Newspapers of Southeastern Indiana and The Record Newspapers of Northern Kentucky. Some of his freelance journalism appeared in Newsweek, Family Circle, American Bar Association Journal and National Real Estate Investor, to name a few.
During his time at the Enquirer, Crowley worked at the newspaper’s Northern Kentucky and Frankfort bureaus. In 2007, The Kentucky Press Association named him the state’s top columnist and his 2004 series on casino gambling earned state and national awards.
The Washington Post selected him as one of the country’s top political reporters and political reporters. Crowley also hosted two long-running television shows in Northern Kentucky and appeared as a commentator on KET’s Comment on Kentucky and on other radio and TV programs.
In 2009, Crowley and Jay Fossett founded Strategic Advisers, LLC, a Northern Kentucky public relations, marketing and public affairs firm.
Crowley is survived by his loving family: wife, Pam; son, Conor; daughter, Shayna, and her husband, Max Neverman; and his and Pam’s three grandchildren, twin grandsons, Bennett and Bodhi, and granddaughter, Sloane.
