Calandrea Carter
Senior at Alabama State University | 2026 EICOP finalist | AT&T RFM’24 | Harvard SVMP’25 | UC SIEML’25 Scholar | NY Times Corps Member | ESPN Productions Intern | Wieden+Kennedy ADMagic Fellow’26
- Role
- Admagic Fellow at Wieden Kennedy
- Location
- Bristol, CT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Calandrea Carter
Calandrea Carter is a global communications and multimedia journalist from Montgomery, Alabama, with a passion for storytelling that spans across cultures and platforms. Having studied international communications in Milan, Siena, and Florence, Italy, she brings a unique perspective to media and journalism. As the creator, showrunner, and on-air talent of Buzz On The Yard, Carter amplifies student voices and celebrates HBCU culture through digital media.Her journey includes writing for The Hornet Tribune, the first Black collegiate newspaper published in 1922, and being named a White House HBCU Scholar (Class of 2024) and an AT & T Rising Future Maker. As an AT & T Rising Future Maker, she served as a media and Google ambassador and sports journalist during the NBA All-Star 2025 in Oakland and San Francisco. Additionally, Carter is part of the ESPN Rhoden Fellowship at Andscape (Class of 2026), further cementing her place as a rising voice in entertainment and sports journalism.Carter is also the founder of Transparency Tales, a platform that blends poetry, film, sports, culture, and life. Through her podcast and blog, she shines a light on transparent storytelling that reflects real life, where art meets truth and every tale reveals more.
Experience
Admagic Fellow
Jan 2026 — Present
Education
Harvard Business School
Summer Venture Management Program, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
American Institute for Foreign Study
Study Abroad Program, Italian Liberal Art Studies
University of Miami Herbert Business School
HBCU-Start Program, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
H Councill Trenholm State Technical College
Dual enrollment, Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Alabama State University
Bachelor's degree, Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management
Summer Institute for Emerging Leaders, Business/Corporate Communications
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