Nicole Darrah Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, CA, US

New York, New York, US

• Helped to oversee the news section of the British Sun’s U.S.-facing website by selecting stories to cover, writing headlines, assigning stories to reporters and copy editing their work to ensure it meets Sun standards.
• Tracked article metrics and worked with our audience teams to determine what readers want and to gain search authority
• Created and maintained The U.S. Sun's style guide, and sent out a standards email with tips and bits of style-related information each week
• Actively monitored Dataminr, Twitter and other sources for breaking news to ensure The Sun is among the first to cover stories, both quickly and accurately
• Other responsibilities included but were not limited to: running the homepage and authorizing push alerts

New York, New York, US

I covered news for The Sun's U.S. website, which was launched in January 2020. This included reporting, writing, self-editing and self-publishing news stories about the 2020 presidential election, national politics, the coronavirus pandemic and crime.

New York, US

• Produced content for FoxNews.com as part of the audience development team. Within my last six months on the job alone, my work received 575 million page views.
• Pitched, researched, wrote, published and updated up to a dozen general assignment stories per day, particularly covering politics, entertainment, crime and international/national news
• Wrote headlines and custom URLs and ensured they, and the entirety of articles, were SEO-friendly
• Used Chartbeat and Adobe Omniture to analyze and determine what Fox News readers wanted
• Sent breaking news and Apple News push alerts to mobile/email subscribers
• Live blogged events ranging from President Trump's rallies to congressional committee hearings to White House press briefings

New York, US

I wrote and edited shorthand breaking political, economic and social news for the national news ticker, and updated ongoing news stories to ensure they were accurate and relevant.

Burbank, California, US

• 7 On Your Side is the troubleshooting unit of Eyewitness News.
• Screened submissions for potential consumer fraud stories, conducted pre-interviews, constructed detailed story files to pitch stories to producer — ultimately getting back more than $157,000 in restitution to victims
• Utilized segment’s social media platforms to publicize upcoming broadcasts and screen for potential stories
• Logged footage for simpler package editing
• Trained incoming interns

New York, NY, US

• Created and posted daily original content for all VH1 social media platforms, maintaining fan interaction and engagement
• Produced daily VH1 email newsletter sent to over 700,000 subscribers
• Collected and analyzed show rankings and interactions using Nielsen Social
• Scheduled posts to brand social platforms using SocialFlow and HootSuite
• Created memes using Adobe Photoshop
• Worked VH1’s Snapchat at the live event “Big Music in 2015: You Oughta Know,” engaging thousands of followers

Bachelor’S Degree, Broadcast Journalism

Associate’S Degree, Journalism

Cosmetology License