Tim Darnell

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Weekend Editor, AllNews 106.7 2013-current
Responsible for coverage of metro Atlanta developments at a 24-hour local news station
Lead editor responsible for covering breaking news, story development, social media applications
Assist in planning and developing morning drive-time programming
Assist in directing election night coverage in real-time for broadcast

Associate Regional Editor, AOL/Patch 2010-2013
Directed the growth of 12 metro Atlanta Patch local news websites
Oversaw story development, social media and numerous reader promotions
Lead political editor in Georgia
Implemented and directed new real-time breaking news strategies across region, including real-time blogging and embedded real-time video

Editor, Business to Business Magazine 2007-2008
Managed all editorial content in both the printed and online version of this Atlanta-based business publication

Editor, Internet News Agency 2002-2007
Transformed Bill Shipp’s Georgia from a weekly newsletter to a daily updated political news and information website InsiderAdvantageGeorgia.com
Coordinated all original editorial content
Founded the online Florida political news website FloridaInsider.com
Directed the creation, design and launch of this real-time website, which launched with exclusive polling information only weeks before the Florida 2004 presidential primary
Coordinated all original editorial content
Launched the online companion to Southern Political Report
Directed the creation, design and launch of this real-time Web site, which occurred one day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans
Coordinated all original editorial content
Predicted the Georgia House of Representatives and state Senate would come under Republican control during live 2002 and 2004 election night coverage on WGST
Predicted the 2008 presidential election would result in Barack Obama’s presidential election at least 45 minutes before national networks, on WGST AM 640
Appeared on C-SPAN during the 2008 presidential primary season

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

American City & County Magazine. Managing Editor
On-site coverage and reporting from the 1988 Ohio River oil spill; the 1989 San Francisco earthquake; and the 1991 breakup of the former Soviet Union from Moscow, Kiev and St. Petersburg

Author of three books – The Crackers: Early Days Of Atlanta Baseball, The Georgia Tech Trivia Book, and 101 Atlanta Sports Legends.
Multiple winner of “Best Editorial/Commentary” by the Magazine Association of Georgia