Joe Carter is a former CNN and HLN Sports reporter and News Anchor and founder of Hencar production company.[1]

Joe Carter
Born
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A., (Journalism and Technical Communication)
Alma materColorado State University
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
(m. 2016)

Life and career edit

Carter was born in Arvada, Colorado. He was educated at Pomona High School, a public high school where he played football and baseball.[2] After graduation, he enrolled at Colorado State University. Carter worked at the Campus Television Station, where he hosted the locally popular sports show called CTV SportsFest. Carter and the CTV SportsFest team were honored with the Heartland Emmy Awards for best student informational program, and was recognized by the Associated Press with a first-place award for sports feature and sports reporting.[3]

Carter took his first professional on-air TV job in 2002 at the CBS affiliate WHBF-TV in Rock Island, Illinois as the weekend sports anchor. He then moved to WHNS-TV in Greenville, South Carolina as the station’s sports director.[4]

Starting in 2007 Carter worked as a morning show reporter for WTVJ-TV in Miami, Florida with a segment that reports on websites that viewers send in via e-mail.[5]

Carter was hired by HLN (TV network) in 2009, to work as a sports anchor for the weekend news alongside Robin Meade.[6] Carter then began working for CNN and CNN International under the Bleacher Report segment,[7] covering events such as the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby,[8] and the Daytona 500,[9] as well as Hard News stories for CNN.[10]

In 2015, Carter created Hencar, a video production company which focuses on creating marketing and advertising content.[11]

Personal life edit

Carter met his wife Susan Hendricks when they worked together at HLN. They married in 2016 and reside in Atlanta, along with their son Jackson and Susan’s daughter Emery, from a previous marriage.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Team". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Joe Carter". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Anchors & Reporters: Joe Carter". CNN. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ^ Lorenzen, Ron (11 July 2015). "New staffers dash into Q-C market". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. ^ Alex (4 December 2008). "Joshua Landon Joins NBC6". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ^ James (10 January 2010). "Joe Carter now on CNN: Headline New". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ^ Morning Express with Robin Meade staff (10 July 2013). "Cops: Accomplice says Hernandez is the killer". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ^ CNN (5 May 2012). "Louisville preps for the Kentucky Derby". YouTube. Retrieved 14 February 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ AllNews FromWorld (25 February 2013). "Danica makes history at Daytona". YouTube. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  10. ^ HLN (3 December 2012). "Tornado throws school bus into building". YouTube. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  11. ^ "The Team". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  12. ^ Allen, Jaren (7 June 2016). "Susan Hendricks gives birth to son". Retrieved 14 February 2017.