Originally from Watford England, Sharon Carpenter moved to New York City to study at Pace University and graduated magna cum laude with a BBA degree in business management.
Carpenter began her career in broadcast news as an associate producer for WWOR-TV ('my9 News') in New York before moving on to work as a producer at 'BET Nightly News'. She briefly left BET to work as a reporter for the financial news show 'CBS MarketWatch Weekend'. Carpenter then returned to BET in 2006 as an anchor - hosting and producing the network's daily news briefs, news specials and delivering breaking news on '106 & Park', (then BET's highest-rated entertainment show).
Her most notable accomplishments during this time include her coverage of the 2008 presidential election, providing political commentary and analysis on election night from the headquarters of Senator John McCain. Carpenter also played the lead role in BET's coverage of the death of Michael Jackson in 2009. She reported on the event live from Los Angeles and anchored the network's special reports, including the award-winning documentary 'Forever the King: A Tribute to Michael Jackson'. She also helped spearhead the launch of BET in the United Kingdom and produced its first news special, 'Beauty Blackout', about discriminatory standards of beauty.
Carpenter left BET again in 2010 and joined BBC News as a contributing correspondent for 'BBC World News America'. She was the first reporter to interview Wyclef Jean for television when he announced his plans to run for president of Haiti in 2010. Carpenter later worked as a reporter for the 'PIX 11 Morning News' on New York's Tribute station WPIX.
In 2012, Sharon joined GlobalGrind, a pop culture website run by hip-hop media mogul Russell Simmons. The website focuses on news, fashion, music, and politics through the lens of hip-hop culture. Carpenter was hired to enhance and expand the site's video content. Her stories received up to 3000 hits per minute.
Sharon Carpenter is the co-creator of and was a main cast member on the VH1 reality TV show, 'The Gossip Game'. The show followed the careers and personal lives of seven female media professionals working in the urban entertainment industry as radio personalities, journalists, and bloggers. The seven cast members were Vivian Billings, Sharon Carpenter, K. Foxx, JasFly, Kimberly Osorio, Candice Williams, and Angela Yee. The show focused on the competitive nature of media coverage of entertainment industry, as well as the particular difficulties female media professionals face when working in a male-dominated field. Carpenter developed the concept for 'The Gossip Game' with television producer Tone Boots. The series was produced by VH1 in conjunction with Magilla Entertainment, Mona Scott-Young, and District Media.
Today Sharon Carpenter is an on-air personality for P. Diddy's multi-genre, multi-platform music network, REVOLT TV where she hosts live news and entertainment programming.
