Wayne Carter anchors NBC 5 News, Now at 3pm. The newscast is a mix of breaking news, podcast-style interviews with newsmakers and members of the NBC 5 News team, and previews of events happening in the community.

Now at 3 aims to give viewers longer interviews that don’t just give you the news of the day, but help you better understand it.

He also produces the popular "Carter in the Classroom" franchise which highlights the ways schools around North Texas help students achieve academic success.  Wayne believes strongly in helping parents see the work happening inside area K-12 schools. He showcases the struggles to master academics, and the success stories of making the grade.

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Wayne joined NBC 5 in 2016. Over the years he’s served as the station’s Consumer Investigative Reporter and Education Reporter.

Wayne brings more than 30 years of journalism experience to NBC 5. He’s anchored and reported the news at radio and TV stations nationwide, including his first TV reporting gig at age 15, covering teens in his hometown of New Orleans.  Wayne’s spent a majority of his career in roles where he was an advocate for viewers something he continues to do in his work today.

He is the winner of various journalism awards, including multiple Emmys for his education coverage and was honored twice as Texas' Education Reporter of the Year for his coverage of the pandemic and the academic struggles of the Fort Worth Independent School District.

He serves on the board of directors of the Education Writers Association and volunteers with dementia and breast cancer organizations in honor of his parents and grandparents who battled the diseases.

Chances are if you see him outside of work, he's with his family who likes to volunteer together around the community. Wayne often talks about his two daughters with immense pride, cheering them on at sports and academics.  He’s an avid cruiser, with more than 350 nights at sea, and has “people” on many Caribbean islands he’s made friends with over the years. Wayne calls himself an aviation nerd, who, as a child, often told others when he grew up he was going to fly airliners every morning and make it back to anchor the evening news each night.