Daryl Nerl

Daryl Nerl is a Staff Writer for Small Business Trends and a freelance writer who has worked as a professional journalist for more than 25 years. Daryl has spent much of that time covering local government, politics and land development issues in Eastern Pennsylvania. Daryl is a former Local Editor for Patch.com, launching a hyperlocal news Website in Bethlehem, Pa. in 2010 and editing it for more than three years, while developing new skills in photography, videography and social media. Prior to that, he had worked as a reporter for The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. where he spent 10 years, including six covering Allentown City Hall. Daryl has also worked as a reporter for The Scranton Times-Tribune and The Pottsville Republican where he also served as Senior Reporter and an Assistant News Editor. Daryl received his bachelor’s degree from New York University in 1988 where he majored in history and journalism in the university’s liberal arts college and served on the editorial board of the student newspaper, The Washington Square News. Daryl is an avid baseball fan and music buff and, as a freelance writer, regularly contributes arts features to The Morning Call. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Daryl lives in Bethlehem, Pa. with his cat, Tabitha.