Rod Carter  Anchor • Reporter
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      • DIABETES WALK
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Community Service

Board Memberships

  • :Community Leadership Board of the American Diabetes Association
  • The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
  • Gentleman's Quest mentoring program
  • Board of Visitors, FAMU School of Journalism
  • Tampa Bay Juneteenth Coalition
  • Swope, Rodante Vanguard Award Selection Board
  • Hillsborough Community College Digital, TV and Media Production Advisory Board
  • Sigma Xi SIgma Chapter, Phi Beta Sigma, 2nd Vice President
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Emcee

  • ADA Tour de Cure Virtual Walk, Emcee (2020)
  • Crisis Center Cup of Compassion, Emcee (2019,2020)
  • TBBCA Impact Awards, Emcee (2020,2019)
  • Hillsborough Safe and Sound Virtual Recognition, Emcee (2020)
  • MLK Dinner St. Petersburg, Emcee (2020)
  • MLK Interfaith Service, Emcee (2020)
  • TBABJ Black Male Media Project Virtual program, moderator (2020)
  • Villa Madonna School  Career Day, Speaker (2020)
  • Plant City Black History Celebration, Emcee (2020)
  • City of Tampa Black History Program, Emcee (2020)
  • HCC Black, Brown and College Bound, Emcee (2020)
  • COVID Virtual Town Hall Meeting, Moderator (2020)
  • Tampa Organization of Black Affairs Virtual Leadership Class, Presenter (2020)
  • Poynter Diversity Virtual Presentation, Presenter (2020)
  • Lorde-Locke Society Virtual Voting Town Hall, Moderator (2020)
  • Synapse Conference Diversity Discussion, moderator (2020)
  • Women's Business Centre Mastermind Roundtable Discussion around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workforce, Moderator (2020)
  • NABJ Webinar on Micro-agressions, co-planner (2020)
  • NABJ Webinar on COVID and Reporter, Co-planner (2020)
  • HIllsborough Literacy Council Virtual Awards Program, Emcee (2020)
  • TBABJ Voting Virtual Town Hall,co-planner (2020)
  • TBABJ Virtual Griot Drum Awards, co-emcee (2020)
  • CDC of Tampa Virtual Awards Luncheon, emcee (2020)
  • FAMU Alumni Gala, Emcee (2018)
  • Tampa Ms. Juneteenth Pageant, Emcee (2018) 
  • Summer Ready Camp, Frostproof, Speaker (2018) 
  • Tampa Bay Bucs Cops and Cleats Program, emcee (2018)
  • ADA Tour de Cure, Emcee (2018)
  • Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement, emcee (2018,2017)
  • St. Petersburg MLK Day Interfaith Service, emcee (2018, 2017)
  • Florida State Fair Wall of Diversity Ceremony, emcee (2017) 
  • UACDC Art in the Park.. After Dark (2107)
  • Hillsborough Literacy Council (2017)
  • Phi Beta Sigma Congressional Black Caucus "Real Talk" (2017)
  • Miss Teenage Tampa (2017)
  • Florida Holocaust Museum Name Reader (2017)
  • Call to Worship/Greek Day  Allen Temple AME Church (2017)
  • HIllsborough County Spotlight on Seniors (2017)
  • Dr. Joseph L. Carwise Achievement Awards Emcee (2017)​​
  • Krewe De Libertalia Awards Program (2017) 
  • United WayArt of Giving (2017)
  • Men of Vision Awards (2017) 
  • First Responders Golf Tournament (2016)
  • NAACP Political Forum (2016)
  • NAACP Political Forum #2 (2016)
  • Runaway to Runway Miracles Outreach Fashion Show (2016)
  • HIllsborough Literacy Council (2016)
  • FAMU Alumni Association Presidential Inauguration Luncheon (2016)
  • Tuskegee Alumni Association Luncheon (2016)
  • United Way Art of Giving (2016)
  • Grand Krewe de Libertalia Scholarship Dinner (2016)
  • TBABJ get your News in the News Forum (2016)
  • Bikes, Blacks and Tickets - Tampa Police Department forum (2016)
  • Dept. of Health, Hillsborough County -  Infant Mortality Community Conversation (2016)
  • Solita's House Anniversary (2016)
  • On Track Solutions, Moderator (2016) 
  • Black, Brown, College Bound, Emcee (2016)
  • Blue Tie Affair, Emcee (2016) 
  • Tour de Cure, ADA, Emcee (2016)
  • TBABJ Student Workshop, Moderator (2016)
  • TBABJ Community Workshop, Moderator (2016)
  • Miss Teenage Tampa (AKA), Host (2016)
  • Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement (2016)
  • Griot Drum Awards (2015)
  • Ft. Desoto Wheel Chair Race and Fun Day (2015)
  • Hillsborough Literacy Council (2015)
  • Robert Saunders Library Gala (2015)
  • Sisters Network 5K (2015)
  • AKA Miss Teenage Tampa Bay (2015)
  • American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure (2015)
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Awards Dinner Presenter (2015)
  • Delta Academy Presenter (2015)
  • Miss Blake Pageant (2015)
  • Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement (2015)
  • Alpha Phi Alpha Youth Summit (2015)
  • Plant City Black History Celebration (2015)
  • NAACP Political Forum (2015)
  • City of Tampa Black History Celebration (2015)
  • FAMU Presidential Visit/Scholarship Gala (2015)
  • Black, Brown and College Brown (2015)
  • Your Real Stories Community Conversation (2015)
  • Hillsborough Community College Black History (2015)
  • HOPE Gathering - No More Violence Concert Featuring John P. Kee (2014)
  • Zeta Phi Beta Gala (2014)
  • ADA Stepout Walk (2014)
  • NAACP Sarasota Freedom Fund Dinner (2014)
  • Great American Teach-in, Tampa Day School (2014)
  • Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists Griot Drum Awards (2014)
  • Tampa-Hillsborough Action Plan Gala (2014)
  • FAMU-NABJ Short Course Instructor (2014)
  • Hillsborough Literacy Council (2014)
  • Sigma Gamma Rho 2014 Footprint Service Awards (2014)
  • MyOn Reading Summer Reading Kickoff (2014)
  • ADA Stepout Walk Corporate Breakfast (2014)
  • The Legends Dinner (2014)​
  • MyOn Reading Event (2014)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day Interfaith Service (2014)
  • Gasparilla Parade Host (2014) 
  • Black Brown and College Bound Justice Panel Emcee (2014)
  • United Way Suncoast American Promise Viewing/Teen Discussion Moderator (2014) 
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner Tarpon Springs (2014)
  • CDC Youth Leadership Retreat- Suit Up & Show Up (2014)
  • FAMU Journalism Short Course Instructor (2014)
  • Phi Beta Sigma Blue Tie Affair (2014)
  • YMCA Dinner (2014)
  • ADA Tour De Cure (2014)
  • Jamaica Outreach Dinner (2014)
  • All Children's Hospital Brandon Guild Dinner (2014)
  • Order of the Eastern Stars,  Evening With the Stars (2014)
  • FAMU/Sarasota Orange and Green Gala (2014)
  • Golf Tournament, Bible Based Fellowship Church (2014)
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Miss Teenage Tampa (2014)
  • St. Paul A.M.E. Church 'H'attitude Brunch (2014) 
  • United Way Suncoast Art of Giving, Interview with Project Runway's Tim Gunn (2014)
  • Man & Woman of the Year Gala, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society  (2014)
  • Krewe Scholarship Dinner (2014)
  • St. John M.B. Church Community Impact Dinner (2014)
  • Hillsborough County Schools, Spotlight on Seniors (2014)
  • Tampa YMCA Community Impact Dinner (2013)
  • Great American Teach-in Gary Adult School & Kimbell Elementary (2013)
  • Phi Beta Sigma Gift wrapping (2013) 
  • Sarcoidosis Awareness Concert: Raise the Praise (2013)
  • American Diabetes Association Step Out Walk (2013)
  • NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner Co-Emcee (2013)
  • United Way Suncoast Anniversary Dinner (2013)
  • "Standing on Their Shoulders" Conference, Birmingham Association of Black Journalists (2013) 
  • Trayvon Martin Teen Summit, Moderator (2013)
  • NABJ Convention Gospel Brunch, Host (2013)
  • HIllsborough Co. Schools Safety Video (2013)
  • Hillsborough Co. Schools Spotlight on Seniors  Host (2013)
  • United Way Suncoast Art of Giving Emcee; Interview Bill and Giuliana Rancic (2013)
  • Buffalo Soldiers Military Ball (2013)
  • American Diabetes Assoc. Stepout Breakfast (2013) 
  • AKA Miss Teenage Tampa Bay (2013)
  • United Way Suncoast Summer Reading Kickoff (2013)
  • American Diabetes Assoc. Tour De Cure (2013)
  • Studio@620 Honors Emcee (2013)
  • Bay City Lodge and Temple Oratorical Contest Judge (2013)
  • Phi Beta Sigma Blue Tie Affair Emcee (2013)
  • Black Brown and College Bound  (2013)
  • Bollywood Nights (2013)
  • City of Tampa Black History Program (2013)
  • 40th Annual Bay Are Brotherhood MLK Banquet Emcee (2013)
  • Stageworks Theater's "The Colored Museum" Show Greeter (2012)
  • United Way Reading Pals (2012)  
  • HIllsborough Literacy Council Awards (2012, 2011)
  • FAMU School of Journalism Dean James Hawkins Retirement Celebration (2012)
  • United Way Suncoast Product Knowledge Project (2) (2012)
  • United Way Suncoast Product Knowledge Project (2012)
  • American Diabetes 2012 Walk Kickoff (2012)
  • National Council of Negro Women Fundraiser (2012)
  • Bay Area Medical Association Dinner (2012)          
  •  Buffalo Soldiers Military Ball (2012)
  • Miss Teenage Tampa Bay (2012 ,2011, 2006, 2004)
  • Decades of Day Work III, family featured (2012)
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society MWOY (2012)
  • A Jamaican Evening, Beulah Baptist Church (2012)
  • Phi Beta Sigma Blue Tie Affair Ball (2012) 
  • Delta Sigma Theta Queen of Hearts Ball (2012)
  • Black, Brown and College Bound (2012)
  • Plant City Black Heritage Festival Banquet (2012)
  • City of Tampa Black History Celebration (2013, 2012, 
  • 2011,2007) 
  • Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists Griot Drum Awards (2011, 2010, 2005)
  • Destiknee Place Fundrasier (2011)
  • NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner (2011) 
  • All Children's Hospital Brandon Guild "All That Glitters" (2011) 
  • Computer Mentors Technology Bowl (Moderator), Tampa (2011)
  • FAMU National Alumni Association Convention, 
  • President's Luncheon Orlando, Fl (2011)
  • Fashion Show to Benefit Gideon House (2011)
  • ADA Step out Walk Kickoff (2011) 
  • Hillsborough County Literacy Council Tutor-Student Appreciation Assembly (2011) 
  • Worship Leader, Beulah Baptist Church Homecoming Service (2011) 
  • F.A.I.R. Rally (2011)
  • Jamaican Ministry Dinner, Beulah Baptist Church (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011) 
  • Rays Game Guest Announcer (2011) 
  • The Links Jazz Event, Sarasota (2011) 
  • Citizens Alliance For Progress MLK Celebration (2011) 
  • All Children's Hospital 80th Annual Charity Ball (2011) 
  • UNCF Manatee/Sarasota Scholarship Awards Dinner (2011) 
  • Premier Player of College Football Awards (2011) 
  • Mt. Olive AME Church, Edwards Waters College Benefit concert (2010) 
  • Mt. Olive AME Church Christmas Cantatwa (2010)
  • Joshua House Luncheon (2010)
  • Hillsborough County Senior Recognition Luncheon (2011, 2010)
  • Tampa Tribune Summer Concert Series Host (2010)
  • Bucified Bert Dream-seeker Program (2011, 2010)
  • Gibbs High School (St. Petersburg) Reunion Dinner (2010)
  • NAACP St. Petersburg Dinner (2010)
  • National Coalition of 100 Black Women Tampa, Gourmet Gents (2010)
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Speaker

  • JW Mitchell HIgh School (2017)
  • Sligh MIddle Magnet School Awards (2017)
  • Abbyssinia Missionary Baptist Church (2016)
  • Great American Teachin/Wesley Chapel Elem. (2016)
  • Center for Girls (2016) 
  • Great American Teach-in Lighthouse School (2015)
  • Do the Write Thing; Poynter Institute (2014)
  • Madison  County High School Journalism Class (2014)
  • Jack and Jill Jet Setters Station Tour/Speaker (2013)
  • 5000 Mentors Induction Ceremony -Pinellas County Schools; Speaker (2012)
  • Deer Park Elementary School Mystery Reader (2012) 
  • Turner Chapel AME Church, Speaker (2012)
  • St. Luke M.B. Church Banquet, Plant City, Fl (2011) 
  • University of South Florida/Middleton High School Visit (2011) 
  • Jr. Rattler Club, Durant High School (2011) 
  • Sligh Middle School At Risk Student Graduation (2010)
  • Mt Pleasant Charter School (2010) 
  • Instructor NABJ Journalism Short Course , FAMU (2014, 2013,2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 1993)
  • Interviewed for TRUtv's "Forensic Files: Katrina Froeschle Case (2007)
  • Beulah Baptist Church –Tampa, Florida, Youth Service (2002)
  • Career Day Speaker, Hayes Middle School –Birmingham, Alabama (2000)
  • Career Day Speaker, Barrett Elementary School – Birmingham, Alabama (2000)
  • South Region Minority Business Council- Birmingham, Alabama  (2000)
  • D.A.R.E-Fairfield Alabama (2000)
  • Center Street Middle School National Junior Honor Society (2000)
  • Pell City High School Choral Appreciation Night – Pell City,     Alabama (1999)
  • Pleasant View Baptist Church Men’s Day-Birmingham, Alabama (1999)
  • Brown Elementary School Class Day- Birmingham, Alabama  (1998)
  • Florida A&M School of Journalism “Grads are Back” Panelist (2011)
  • Participated in Boy Scout Promotional Video

Various

  • Recognized in Diabetes Forecast Magazine
  • First Pitch/Rays Red Sox Game (2013)
  • Produced Beulah Day Video (2012, 2011) 
  • Solo, Boy Scouts Luncheon (2011) 
  • Solo, Phi Delta Kappa Youth Luncheon (2011) 
  • Produced History Video Beulah Baptist  Anniversary (2012, 2011)
  • Presidential Assistant NABJ Immediate Past President Kathy Times, NABJ Conference (2011) 
  • Re-designed Website for Beulah Baptist Institutional Church (2011)  
  • Solo, Mother's Day Service, St. John M.B. Church Tallahassee (2011) 
  • Gasparilla Parade of Pirates Show (2012, 2011)
  • Solo, Beulah Baptist Church Mother's Day 
  • Luncheon (2010)
  • Hillsborough County  Schools Spotlight on  Seniors Show host (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010)
  • Pre -show Host for Tampa Bay Rays Games (2011, 2010) 
  • Coffee Talk at the University of Alabama (2008)
  • Host, NBC 13 Throws a Wedding (2007)
  • Performed National Anthem at Tampa Bay Rays/New York Yankees Game (2006)
  • All Children’s Hospital Telethon  Host (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010,2006, 2002)
  • Youth Sports Camp - Brandon, Florida (2005)
  • NFL Players, Bowl with the Pros (2003) 
  • Wedding Soloist (2012,2009, 2008, 2004, 2002, 2001, 1994, 1992)
  • Presented “Key to the City” – Fairfield, Alabama (2000)
  • Board Member,  Birmingham Schools Adult Education Program (2000)
  • Great American Teach-in yearly (2000-Present)
  • Tutor, Brown Elementary School – Birmingham, Alabama (Spring 1999)
  • “I Love Reading” City of Birmingham, Alabama (1998)
  • United Negro College Fund Telethon Host, Tallahassee, Florida (1994)
  • Tutor, St. John M.B. Church – Tallahassee, Florida (1992)
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  • Manatee Co. Adult Spelling Bee (2011, 2010)
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Event (2010)
  • USF Center for Equal Health Town Hall Meeting (2010)
  • Guinta Middle School Spelling Bee (2010)
  • Junior Achievement Luncheon (2011, 2010)
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Light the Night (2011, 2010) 
  • Boy Scouts of America Luncheon (2010)
  • American Diabetes Association Step Out Walk (Tampa) (2012, 2011,2010)
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Legacy of Leadership Awards Luncheon (2009, 2008)
  • Oliver Robinson Foundation Gala (2008, 2009)
  • Alabama Organ Center Volunteer; GospelFest (2009)
  • American Diabetes Association Step Out Walk (Birmingham) (2009)
  • City of Birmingham High School News Project (2009)
  • Celebrity Waiter for Kid One Transport (2009)  
  • Alabama Symphony Orchestra Veterans Day Event (Narrator (2009)
  • NAACP Birmingham 100 Year Celebration (2009) 
  • First Light Shelter Auction Prize (2009)
  • Foot Soldiers of the Movement Event Emcee (2009)
  • SCLC Birmingham Oratorical Contest (2008) 
  • Phi Beta Sigma Scholarship Dinner (2011, 2010, 2006) 
  • 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay Dinner (2006) 
  • Sigma Gamma Rho “Buds of Spring” (2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, many others)
  • Hillsborough County Urban League “Caught Doing Right” Youth Awards (2005,2004)
  • Hillsborough County Winter Festival (2005)
  • Hillsborough NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner (2011,2005, 2002)
  • City of Tampa Federal Black History Month Celebration (2004)
  • Black Women in Government (2004)
  • Palm Beach Association of Black Journalists, Luncheon (2004)
  • Lakeland NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner (2002)
  • Hillsborough County Urban League Sunday (2002)
  • Birmingham Housing Authority “Celebration of Life” Birthday Party (1999)
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  • Welcome
  • About Me
  • Photos
  • Resume
  • On Air
    • Let Rod Do It
    • Black History
    • Tampa to Havana: The Historic Journey
    • Presidential Debates 2016
    • Stanley Cup Final
    • Selma Jubilee
    • March on Washington
    • Freedom Summer
    • JFK in Tampa
    • Ilyasah Shabazz (Malcolm X''s daughter) Interview
    • Tracing Family History
    • The Early Days
  • In the Community
    • Community Service Videos
    • American Diabetes Assocaition >
      • DIABETES WALK
  • Social Media
  • Awards
  • Family History
    • A Journey Home: Beyond the Wall of Slavery
    • Historical Family Photos
    • Donaldson Family Video
    • Decades of Day Work III
  • Contact Me