Carter Evans is a national business correspondent for CNN Newsource.  He’s live at the New York Stock Exchange every day, guiding viewers through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

After just six months on the job, Carter helped CNN double the number of paid subscriptions to his daily, custom “Money Matters” reports.  Now, he’s live at least 25 times a day, jumping between CNN affiliates across the nation, CNN International, Domestic and CNNmoney.com.

Carter joined CNN in May, 2008.  Previously, he was a fill-in anchor for CBS Money Watch business reports and served as a freelance national correspondent for CBS NewsPath.  He also covered local news for WNYW and WWOR in New York City.

Carter reported for KNSD and KFMB in San Diego before moving to Los Angeles in 2003.  In LA, he reported for KCBS and KCAL on stories ranging from the death and state funeral for former president Ronald Reagan in 2004 to the devastating wildfires in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

In 2000, while at WAVY-TV in Norfolk, Va., Carter was honored with the Best In-Depth Reporting award from the Virginia Associated Press for a series showing how prisoners escaped from a Virginia prison. His reporting resulted in the restructuring of prison security.

Carter grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and began his television career at the age of 15, shooting city council meetings for a cable access channel.  After graduating high school, he got his first taste of news as a photojournalist for KGMB-TV. He returned to KGMB-TV as a part-time reporter during his college breaks.

Carter is a graduate of Ithaca College where he studied journalism and philosophy.  During his junior and senior years at Ithaca, Carter juggled his studies and a part time job reporting three days a week for WETM in Elmira, NY.