Darley Carol Newman is an American producer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur. Newman is the creator and host of Equitrekking, an Emmy Award-winning equestrian themed travel TV show on PBS, and Travels with Darley, a PBS and Amazon Prime series that documents her experiences traveling with the locals around the world.

Newman was born in Washington, D.C.^[1] She grew up in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and began horseback riding at the age of nine. In 1997, Newman graduated from St. Catherine's School in Richmond, Virginia.^[2]

In 2001, Newman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in electronic media from The George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs. Newman created her own minor in international business and cultures.^[3][4] She studied abroad in Florence, Italy for one semester which she credits as one of her favorite travel destinations.^[5][3]

Newman started her career as a cameraperson in a summer job for a local station in South Carolina.^[2] Newman became a correspondent for The Talk Radio News Service covering briefings at The White House and meetings at Capitol Hill.^[2]

In Washington, D.C., Newman became a programming assistant for The WB. She was named Tribune Media's "Employee of the Year" in 2002. Newman became a production associate for FRONTLINE and NOW with Bill Moyers broadcast on PBS at Washington Media Associates, a production company.^[6]

Newman moved to New York City in 2003. There, she worked on the prime-time news program, 48 Hours, on CBS and also did freelance research and camera work for PBS documentaries and series. During this time, she founded her production company, DCN Creative, and launched the websites, Equitrekking.com and EquitrekkingTravel.com, producing early micro-niche online video for Brightcove that was cited in BusinessWeek's "Blogspotting." While in New York City, she produced the pilot episode of Equitrekking, the first ever travel TV show to explore the world on horseback.^[7]

In 2007, Newman moved back to Washington, D.C. to expand her productions with DCN Creative. She created more episodes of Equitrekking, which would go on to be distributed to networks in over 85 nations and win three Daytime Emmy Awards^[8] as well as be honored with nine nominations. It has run for five seasons with a total of 35 half-hour episodes to date.

Newman authored Equitrekking: Travel Adventures on Horseback published by Chronicle Books in 2008. She provides readers with recommendations and tips based on her firsthand experiences on equestrian vacations she took with locals. The book went on to win the North American Travel Journalist Award Merit Award for Best Travel Book. Later in the year, Ralph Lauren TV premiered a digital video series with Newman, showcasing Equitrekking spots in Hawaii, Alaska, Ireland and the American West.

Broadening the Equitrekking brand, in 2009, Newman went on to launch Equitrekking's Top20Ranches.com which highlights top North American dude ranches. That same year, she created a series of broadcast interstitials, taking viewers "equitrekking" in locations where famous American Westerns and movies filmed and detailing related history, shown on the Starz Encore network.^[9]

In 2014, Newman produced the digital original series "Travel Like the Locals with Darley" for Scripps Network Interactive. She started hosting and producing a second, new digital series, Travels with Darley, launched on the AOL On Network, dedicated to food, culture, and adventures across the globe with locals as the guides.^[10] In 2016, Travels with Darley debuted its first season on PBS, taking viewers to Europe, the Caribbean and the United States.^[11] It can also be streamed on Amazon Prime and has appeared on international broadcast networks as well as over 2,000 partner sites like MSN and HuffPost.^[12] The show has aired 36 half-hour episodes over the span of six seasons and is currently shooting its seventh season.^[13]