Hodding Carter III Obituary

Hodding Carter III was an American journalist and politician who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under President Jimmy Carter

Hodding Carter III died on May 11, 2023, at the age of 88, at a retirement home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from a series of strokes.

Catherine Carter Sullivan, his daughter, confirmed his death on Thursday, May 11 2023,  in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Hodding Carter III  was the editor and publisher of his family’s newspaper, the Delta Democrat-Times, in Greenville, Mississippi, before moving to Washington in 1977.

Hodding Carter III served as a spokesman for the US State Department during the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.

He also wrote opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal and other publications. He was twice a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press’s steering committee.

In 2006, he left the foundation to teach leadership and public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the author of two books, “The Reagan Years” and “The South Strikes Back.”