Darren has also experience with predicting New England weather. As a meteorologist for a Springfield TV station, he earned two Associated Press honors for Best Weathercast in 2006 and for coverage of historic flooding in October 2005. He also reported live during extreme weather events, most recently the tremendous flooding that took place along the Merrimack River in May 2006.  More recently, Darren was awarded a “Breaking News” honor by the Connecticut Society for Professional Journalists for his coverage of the 2009 EF-1 Wethersfield tornado.

Before returning to New England, Darren garnered experience forecasting extreme weather and tracking hurricanes for WFTX-TV in Fort Myers, Fla., where in a couple of instances, he was deployed to New Orleans to assist sister stations in covering Hurricane “Lilly” in 2002 and Tropical Storm “Isidore.”

When not working, you’ll catch Darren on one of his famous road trips exploring beautiful New England (especially during the summer). He is also proud to be a tenured Associate lecturer at his alma mater CCSU teaching in the Department of Journalism.

Darren also enjoys mentoring learners who are looking to get into the exciting field of journalism and broadcast journalism.  He also acts on the board of the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists.  Darren volunteers his time at countless events raising money and awareness for different types of cancer research.  You will also frequently catch Darren active in helping homeless animals find good homes. His slogan is “Adopt Don’t Shop.”