Carter Mudgett

Reporter
Jacksonville Business Journal
Sep. 2024 – Present

News Reporter
Palatka Daily News
June 2024 – Sep. 2024

Reporting at the intersection of education, healthcare, and technology as it pertains to Jacksonville business. Compiling market data to create weekly, ranked lists of First Coast businesses. Writing between 8 to 12 stories each week. Additional coverage areas include: the St. Johns County commercial real estate market, banking and finance, nonprofits and entrepreneurship.

Reported on Putnam County government, the County Board of Commissioners, the Putnam County School District and School Board, and crime. Met same-day and multi-day deadlines for a three-day print week and online publication. Wrote between 8 and 12 stories each week varying from hard news to features-length stories.

Intern Reporter
WJCT News 89.9
Jan. 2024 – April 2024

Covered news, collected audio, created radio scripts for daily broadcasts, and wrote articles published digitally.

Editor-in-Chief
Spinnaker Media
Aug. 2021 – Dec. 2023

News Editor
Spinnaker Media
July 2021 – Aug. 2021

Government Reporter
Spinnaker Media
Jan. 2021 – July 2021

Led the newsroom in developing relevant news content for a targeted community audience of approximately 20K people. Internally, I managed a team of editors, reporters, and volunteers — between 10 and 15 people any given semester — and guided them in the creation of specifically ethical and accurate journalism with an eye for strong written storytelling. Aside from editing, I wrote 3 to 5 articles each week, or more, which includes breaking news and investigative/feature-length stories.

Graduated May 2024

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
B.S. Communication, Multimedia Journalism