⭐DERON DALTON⭐
Writer | Editor | Community Manager | Strategist | Multifaceted Digital Media Specialist
Experience Highlights
Deron Is A Multifaceted Digital Media Specialist With Unrelenting Passions For Writing, Editing, Podcasting, Content Strategy, And Community Engagement. Below Are Some Star Highlights.
Writer
• Broke the Internet writing about pop culture and fandoms (The Tylt), garnering the honorific title “Breaker of Tylts.”
• Brought in thousands of page views covering celebrity culture, online activism, and Black and LBGTQ+ communities (TheGrio, HuffPost, MadameNoire, The Daily Dot).
Editor
• Held positions as Editor-In-Chief (Mizzou’s The BLACKout), Entertainment Editor (The Tylt), and Deputy Editor (The Tylt, PennLive).
• Proficiency in AP style.
• Developed and/or adapted to other editing styles and structures.
Content Strategist
• Ideated and strategized digital campaigns and SEO techniques for projects like “Monster Madness: Scariest Horror Icon,” “Best of the Year,” “Song of the Summer,” and “Best of the Decade” for The Tylt.
• Collaborated on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter ads for an array of pop culture content.
Community Manager
• Facilitated in-real-life conversations and online chats, which helped bridge communities.
• “Black Narratives Matter: How to Source Build as Black Journalists w/ BLM Organizers” event in 2015.
• Mobilized fan armies like One Direction’s Directioners in Twitter chats and massive fan voting at The Tylt in 2019.
Social Producer
• Co-managed The Tylt and PennLive’s social accounts (Facebook, Twitter)..
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• Co-created and produced for The Tylt’s Fan Army accounts (TW, FB, IG) and Tylt Geek’s TW account.
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• Got hashtags like #1DWins10s, #BTSWins10s, #GagaWins10s and #KatyWins10s to trend on Twitter as part of the “Best of the Decade” (2019) project..
Podcast | Radio Host
• Produced The Tylt’s fan culture podcast “Fiercely Fandom with Deron.”—interviewing “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 11 contestant Nina West, Variety Awards Editor Clayton Davis and more.
• Co-moderated “Queer State of Mind,” a live radio show airing on Radio Free Brooklyn and podcast centering current events, pop culture and lifestyle from QPOC perspectives.