Dominic Carter

Dominic Carter has been on the front lines of nearly every major political news event since he entered the industry. His 2008 interview of Donald Trump was repeatedly viewed across the nation. He extensively covered the 2016 Presidential election, and he was himself featured in the Washington Post after he acted as a moderator for a previous debate involving Hillary Clinton.

Carter attended the State University of New York College at Cortland, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies. Carter then received his master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University. In addition to studying, he participated in extracurricular activities with the Syracuse radio station, WAER.

After graduation, Carter became a field reporter for WBLS/WLIB in New York City. In addition to having a daily spot, he traveled around the country following the Jesse Jackson presidential campaign. Dominic also covered Howard Beach and Bernard Goetz, among others, before receiving an honorary Ph.D from the City University of New York.

When Carter ultimately made the move to television as a reporter and anchor with the newly launched New York 1, he found a niche in celebrity interviews. During his tenure as the host of the news and commentary show Inside City Hall, people took notice, and it gave him access to a wider array of interviewees, including Cardinal John Joseph O’Connor, former President Bill Clinton, South African President Nelson Mandela, Mexican President Vicente Fox, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton, and Congressman Charles B. Rangel.

Carter is also an accomplished author. In 2007, Dominic Carter released "No Momma’s Boy", a highly personal memoir that documented Carter’s troubled relationship with his mother, who was clinically diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. Carter travels around the country on book tours, taking his readers along on the journey of his life, from the public school system and housing projects inside NYC to a highly successful career in journalism. His triumphant struggle to succeed while growing up among dysfunction within the walls of a Bronx housing project has inspired many.

Dominic Carter has also appeared on Face the Nation, Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNN, and the Fox News Channel. Among his numerous exclusive interviews, they include former President Bill Clinton, Caroline Kennedy, and even Nelson Mandela during Mandela’s historic visit to the United States. He has also been profiled in the Washington Post, New York Magazine, the New York Post, and Jet Magazine. Appearing on the cover of The New York Times TV Guide, he was referred to as “a force to be reckoned with.” He is also a part of the Screen Actors Guild and appeared in the movie “Inside Man,” directed by Spike Lee.

In addition to his domestic travels, Dominic has also reported extensively from abroad. In 1993 he was the only television journalist in Japan with then-Mayor David Dinkins at the time of the first World Trade Center terrorist bombing. He has twice traveled to Israel to cover visits to the region by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Dominic has reported on the famine from Somalia and spent time in the Persian Gulf.

Dominic Carter currently resides in New York with his loving wife Marilyn as well as his two children, Dominic Jr. and Courtney. In fact, his daughter Courtney has chosen to follow in her father’s footsteps by also debuting as a broadcast news reporter. Dominic has a passion for helping young people, believing that not enough is done for them by the people who have the ability to do so. In Dominic’s eyes, the youth are the future and they must realize their worth so they can achieve success.