Professor
Radio-Television Journalism
Goldenson Chair in Community Broadcasting
Executive Director, Committee of Concerned Journalists

National Press Building
529 14th Street NW
Suite 425
Washington, DC 20045

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MARK CARTER, a 20-year veteran media executive, strategist, reporter and executive producer, is the executive director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and serves as the Goldenson Chair in Community Broadcasting at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Carter is a founding partner of Mark Carter & Company, a leading production company with an extensive portfolio of television and online work for major clients such as The Economist magazine, The New Yorker magazine, Barnes & Noble and About.com.

He began his career as a consultant with the international management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Later, as a television correspondent, Carter reported from 15 countries for CNN and Channel One, where he served as chief anchor for three years.

In the 1990s, Carter was the chief strategist for CNN during the most profitable years for the pioneer news network. He served as vice president for strategy and assistant to the CEO, where he helped chart all major aspects of competitive posture for CNN's various networks. Carter's many roles included participating in merger discussions and negotiations, shaping viewer attitudinal research, serving as chief recruiter for the news division and revamping programming. He also served on CNN's managing board for four years.

After his years at CNN, Carter worked at Hearst/Women.com, where he was responsible for creating television and broadband Internet opportunities for several magazine titles and for Women.com, Hearst's Internet subsidiary (now iVillage.com). During his two years with the major publishing and media firm, Carter was the principal liaison between Hearst senior management, all major magazine editors and Women.com. He also pioneered a seven-figure, multi-platform programming partnership with CBS News.

Carter is on the advisory board of the Nieman Foundation for Journalists at Harvard University, where he was a Nieman Fellow in 1995 and spent a year studying at the Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the chairman of the advisory board of "Do Something," a national youth service organization. A graduate of Harvard College, Carter has studied in France as a Rotary Scholar and traveled professionally to more than 20 countries around the globe.