Editing Darlington (section)

==Media==
Darlington is home to the regional daily newspaper ''[[The Northern Echo]]'' and its sister weekly newspaper ''[[Darlington & Stockton Times]]''.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC North East and Cumbria]] and [[ITV Tyne Tees]] from the [[Bilsdale transmitting station|Bilsdale]] TV transmitter.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Tees]], [[Capital North East]], [[Heart North East]], [[Smooth North East]], [[Greatest Hits Radio North East]], [[Nation Radio North East]], [[Hits Radio Teesside]] and Darlo Radio broadcasts from the town.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2019 |title=Darlington radio station makes move |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/17341566.darlington-radio-station-makes-move/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614144018/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/17341566.darlington-radio-station-makes-move/ |archive-date=14 June 2020 |access-date=14 June 2020 |publisher=[[The Northern Echo]]}}</ref>

In November 2009, the town appointed an official ''Twitterer in residence'', the first of its kind in the UK. Mike McTimoney (known on [[Twitter]] as ''TheDarloBard' ) is a local regular user who has been officially charged with tweeting for and about Darlington,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pyrah |first=Lauren |date=1 December 2009 |title=IT teacher employed as Twitterer-in-residence |work=The Northern Echo |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4768811.IT_teacher_employed_as_Twitterer_in_residence/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919220912/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4768811.IT_teacher_employed_as_Twitterer_in_residence/ |archive-date=19 September 2011}}</ref> and to help promote The Darlington Experiment 2.0, the town's [[social media]] campaign.

In August 2022, Darlington Borough Council confirmed that it would be placing a bid for Darlington to host the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2023|2023 Eurovision Song Contest]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Alexa |date=10 August 2022 |title=Darlington launches bid to host Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20616763.darlington-launches-bid-host-eurovision-song-contest-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810175921/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20616763.darlington-launches-bid-host-eurovision-song-contest-2023/ |archive-date=10 August 2022 |access-date=10 August 2022 |website=[[The Northern Echo]]}}</ref> However, the town was not part of the shortlist of potential host cities released on 12 August.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2022 |title=Eurovision 2023: Seven UK cities make shortlist to host song contest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62496803 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813001355/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62496803 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

Several sketches from the [[BBC]] comedy programme ''[[The Fast Show]]'' were filmed in the town centre.<ref>{{Cite news |website=The Northern Echo |title=Filming locations for The Fast Show across the North-East | last=Lloyd | first=Chris |date=20 September 2020 |access-date=3 November 2024 |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18732614.filming-locations-fast-show-across-north-east/?origin=serp_auto}}</ref>