Darla Miles
Darla Miles
Darla Miles is a general assignment reporter based in Manhattan. She is Emmy winning reporter for WABC-TV after joining the Eyewitness News Team in December 2009. [8]
Early Life and Education
Darla Miles is native of Fort Worth, Texas, She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Spanish from Atlanta's Spelman College in 1995. She also studied abroad at the Syracuse University/Instituto Internacional in Madrid, Spain in 1994.[9]
Career
Darla Miles began her broadcasting Career at WCLK Radio in Atlanta, which led to a position atONDA Madrid Radio in Madrid, Spain. She later used her fluency in Spanish to secure the role of a Creative Services Producer at CNN Radio Notícias between 1994 and 2001. She was part of the original team that launched CNN en Español as a 24-hour network. She also worked as a freelance weekend anchor for CNN Headline News between Oct 2002 and February 2003.
Between October 2001 and October 2003, Darla Miles worked for WJBF-TV in Augusta, Georgia as Aiken Bureau Chief, anchor and reporter. She handles the coordination and coverage of all news stories out of South Carolina for the GA/SC TV station. She was also a live news reporter and primary substitute anchor for morning show before she left for WTVD in 2003.
She worked as an anchor and a reporter for WTVD-TV in Raleigh for 3 years and 1 month, where her work on the Duke University lacrosse rape investigation was featured as an ABC World News exclusive on Good Morning America. Darla also worked as a Senior News Reporter for WFAA-TV in Dallas, where she was nominated for a Lone Star Emmy Award.
Darla Miles joined the Eyewitness News Team as a general assignment reporter in 2009, covering such international breaking news stories as the attempted terror bombing in Times Square and the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. In her years as a reporter, she has also interviewed such luminaries as Senator John McCain, Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey.[1][9]
Honors and Awards
Emmy Nominations General Assignment Reporter - April 2019
Emmy Nomination - "The Darla Miles Exclusives" - April 2015[9]
Darla's Recent Stories
Coronavirus News: Long Island couple ties the knot in front of family - on Zoom[2]
Coronavirus News: COVID-19 survivor steps up to donate plasma to critically ill patients.[3]
Who is NYPD shooting suspect Robert Williams?[4]
Customers say DevaCurl product line made their hair fall out[5]
Saving Our Cinderellas: Keke Palmer teams up with Saving Our Daughters to empower girls.[6]
Man risks life to save 74-year-old veteran neighbor from burning home in New Jersey.[7]
Personal Life
Darla is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors. She dedicates much of her free time to mentoring young African American girls. Darla has traveled extensively throughout Europe, and has also visited Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. She enjoys traveling, entertaining and spending quality time with her husband, family, children, and close friend[1]