He was entrusted to write several of Metro’s coronavirus leadalls, in large part because he worked so well with everyone and because he was a clear and fluid writer.īefore his stint at CNN, Darran reported for papers including The Philadelphia Inquirer, New York’s Newsday, the Times-Picayune in New Orleans and the Miami Herald. Darran proved himself to be dogged, as when asking Mayor Bowser questions at her daily press briefings, and deeply humane, as when he told the story of a former “Jeopardy” contestant who died of covid-19. He made an immediate impact on his arrival. We are deeply saddened to report that yesterday, Darran Simon was found dead in his apartment.ĭarran joined us as a DC government and politics reporter last month from CNN. government and politics for The Post, according to a January 30 memo announcing his arrival at the newspaper. Simon is survived by his parents, brother Sherrard Simon of South Carolina, sister Jeunee Simon of California, grandmother Agnes Harry and a loving array of aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.Simon covered D.C. "He went about his work with dedication and visible joy. “Darran had a love of the written word that was reflected in his graceful and nuanced storytelling, which was built on a foundation of meticulous reporting," said Deborah Henley, editor of Newsday. Simon wrote on wide-ranging issues: a profile for CNN on the spiritual leader who guided parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, after a white supremacist killed nine members, including the pastor, in 2015 minority affairs issues in Miami the fallout of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans crime in Philadelphia.Īt Newsday, Simon covered, among many stories, the funeral of Muhammad Ali, the church shooting in Charleston and the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. He received his master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. In 2019, Simon was among 15 journalists selected from about 300 applicants for the weeklong Ochberg Fellowship at the Columbia University School of Journalism's Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. That you can do good, no matter what you are, what the circumstances are."īorn in London on March 18, 1977, Simon was one of three children of Stephen and Jacqueline Simon, an accountant and a middle school teacher, spending his first nine years in their native Guyana before the family moved to Iselin, New Jersey.įollowing high school graduation, he attended the University of Rhode Island, where he was a member of the track and field team, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in English. The people in the background who are not getting the recognition not just not getting the recognition, but the people who are not looking for the recognition.
"That's the word I want to stress about him: He empathized … His telling stories, it was often the unsung heroes. "He empathized with people," his father, Stephen Simon, said. Simon began that latest chapter on March 2, stepping into a new role covering Washington, D.C., city government and preparations for the coronavirus outbreak.
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