He worked internationally as a reporter for titles such as Sydney Daily Mirror, Star magazine and the New York Post, before moving to American television as a producer of tabloid newsmagazine shows like A Current Affair, Hard Copy, Geraldo Rivera’s Now It Can be Told,[3] Strange Universe and Inside Edition.

[6] He appeared as reporter in the documentary film, Dark Mirror of Magick: The Vassago Millennium Prophecy (2012).

[7] His early television exploits were featured in the 1999 book Tabloid Baby,[8] written by his colleague Burt Kearns.

[10] Darwen wrote, directed (with Henry Goren), produced and took on the guise of Dave High[11] in the documentary film High There (2015), a nonfiction comedy about the efforts of Darwen and Henry Goren to film the pilot for a marijuana travelogue series on the island of Hawaii.

[15] On the heels of several rave reviews,[2] it was released on VOD and Limited Edition DVD[citation needed] by BrinkVision[16] on June 23, 2015.