About me

I’m a business intelligence manager and data scientist based in Portland, Maine. I previously worked as an investigative, business and general assignment reporter at publications in Maine and California.

I grew up in the suburb of Diamond Bar, California, before coming to Maine for college and staying in Portland. I started my journalism career as the first local editor for Patch.com in my hometown. I came back to Maine for a staff job at a small, afternoon daily paper in Brunswick. I grew a fondness for data reporting at Mainebiz before three years covering Maine’s economy and investigations at the Bangor Daily News.

Witnessing some live data science and statistics wizardry one election night at the Bangor Daily News (when the paper had a data scientist on staff!) fascinated me and pushed me in a new direction.

I currently manage business intelligence tools for the accounting firm Baker Newman Noyes. I’m also a master’s student at the Roux Institute, a Portland-based program of Northeastern University.

As a freelance reporter, I’ve contributed to the nonprofit Maine Monitor and Mainer. The electricity price ripoff of competitive electricity providers is my particular bone to pick.

Contact me

darrenfishell@proton.me