Rod Carter

​  I anchor News Channel 8’s weekend evening newscasts at 6pm, 8pm and 11pm. I'm a general assignment reporter three days a week.
I'm a proud graduate of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.
I stay pretty active in the community as host of hundreds of community events throughout Tampa Bay.
I routinely mentor students in journalism and teach the NABJ-FAMU Journalism Short Course every year, instructing students in broadcast during an intensive weekend course.
I'm the current Region III Director for the National Association of Black Journalists and Immediate Past President of the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists.
I'm also 2nd Vice President and a charter member of the Sigma Xi Sigma Chapter (Hillsborough County) of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and a life member of the fraternity.
I'm a member of the Tampa Bay Juneteenth Coalition, as well as the Community Leadership Board of the American Diabetes Association, a member of the Board of Visitors for the FAMU School of Journalism, a Life member of the FAMU National Alumni Association, and a Swope, Rodante Vanguard Award Selection Board member. ​

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