Background: Carlton A. Sherwood
Carlton Sherwood is a veteran Washington, D.C., newspaper and
television correspondent, media consultant, author and documentary film-maker. He has the
distinction of earning journalism’s highest honors in print and television news, the Pulitzer
Prize and George Foster Peabody Award and several Emmy’s for his documentaries. Sherwood,
whose professional communications and news experience spans nearly four decades, is currently
President of Red, White and Blue Productions, Inc., a film production company headquartered in
Harrisburg, PA. He formerly served as Broadcast Communications Director for Pennsylvania Gov.
Tom Ridge and Special Media Advisor to Secretary of the Navy James Webb.
Experience
2004 to Present: President, Red, White And Blue Productions
Founder, President, documentary film company that produces broadcast quality, award-winning
programs; including, “On Freedom’s Wings; Bound for Glory”, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen,
aviators who broke the race barrier during World War II, and; “Company of Heroes”, first-hand
accounts of Pennsylvania veterans whose exploits became famous in the World War II classic,
“Band of Brothers”. These, and other films currently in progress, were produced for the
Pennsylvania Veterans Museum for national distribution to broadcast outlets and schools with
companion teacher lesson plans.
2003 to 2004: Executive Vice-President, WVC3 Group
Senior management partner in the Wvc3 Group, an international security, anti-terrorism,
counter-intelligence firm headquartered in Reston, VA. Provided confidential consultation and
services to various federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the
Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. Represented several private sector
firms specializing in new surveillance technologies, computer-based and satellite global
communications systems.
1995 to 2003: Director, Commonwealth Media Services (CMS)
Restructured, managed the official television and radio bureau for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania under Gov. Tom Ridge. CMS conducted daily television and radio news feeds, live
studio and remote satellite transmissions and operated the state emergency command/communications
center. CMS also produced broadcast-quality documentary, educational and public service video
programs, including two Emmy-award-winning films, a first for any state agency.
1988 to 1995: Vice-President, Telequest Productions, Inc.
An independent major-market media consulting and video/film documentary company. Provided a
wide-range of confidential services to television network and national print news organizations
as well as select government, corporate and legal clients, primarily in the Washington, D.C., area.
1987 to 1988: Special Media Advisor To The Secretary Of The Navy
Provided confidential, media-related counsel to the Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of
Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff. Charged with the global restructuring of public affairs and
internal communications systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
1985 to 1986: Chief Investigative Reporter, The Washington Times
Senior investigative reporter for a start-up metropolitan daily newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Created and managed the initial enterprise/investigative reporting unit for what would become
Washington’s “second” national newspaper.
1984 to 1985: Special Assignment Correspondent, Cnn (Cable News Network)
On-air investigative reporter and producer for cable network’s pioneering CNN. Correspondent
with CNN’s original Special Assignment unit.
1982 to 1984: Investigative Reporter, CBS News
On-air investigative reporter and producer for cable network’s pioneering CNN. Correspondent
with CNN’s original Special Assignment unit.
1982 to 1984: Investigative Reporter, CBS News
On-air investigative reporter and producer for CBS News and Top Ten affiliates in Boston
(WNEV-TV) and Washington, D.C. (WDVM-TV). War Correspondent Beirut and Grenada.
1979 to 1982 National Investigative Reporter, Gannett News Service
White House, Congressional and national investigative reporter for Gannett News Service, the
international wire service for the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. Created, directed the
first joint projects unit between Gannett newspaper and television broadcast operations.
1968 to 1979: Reporter, Editor, Managing Editor And Executive Editor
Reporter, editor for several metro and suburban newspapers in the Philadelphia region,
including The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Camden (NJ) Courier-Post and Burlington County Times.
Professional Experience
Conducted theater-wide, Pentagon-sanctioned fact-finding missions to Iraq (2003), Afghanistan
(2004) and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (2005). Newspaper and television daily reporting assignments
included coverage of U.S. military operations in Beirut and Grenada; U.S./Soviet Summit
Conferences; U.S. Presidential general election campaigns; 1981 attempted Presidential
assassination; 1969-70 Washington, D.C., race and anti-war riots; high-profile federal court
trials (1985 Westmoreland vs. CBS, Sharon vs. Time, Inc., 1971 anti-war trials in Camden, NJ,
and Harrisburg, PA); the White House, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Special project,
investigative reporting assignments included in-depth series on political corruption; medical
malpractice, organized crime, military sex/drug scandals, charitable and religious fraud and
state-sanctioned child abuse.
Awards
Recipient of more than 100 awards for professional excellence. Three-time Pulitzer Prize
finalist, awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Gold Medal. Other major national honors include the George
Foster Peabody Award, the National Headliner’s Award, the Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi Award, the American Bar Assn. Silver Gavel, the Investigative Reporter’s and
Editor’s Award, Women in Communications Clarion Award, the Hancock Award, the Kennedy
Foundation Award, several Emmy Awards, the International Television and Film Critics Award,
Cable Television’s ACE Award.
Commendations
Personal letters of commendation from the White House (President Reagan), the U.S. Senate
Judiciary Committee, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the Department of Defense, the National
Spina Bifida Assn., the National Assn. for the Disabled and Handicapped, the Disabled American
Veterans, the Blinded American Veterans Foundation. Presented Pennsylvania’s 2002 Meritorious
Service Medal, the Commonwealth’s highest civilian award; the 2004 National Military Order of
the Purple Heart Award for Distinguished Public Service to Combat Veterans.
Literary Citations
Author, Inquisition: The Prosecution of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, non-fiction, Regnery Gateway
publishers. Cited in numerous non-fiction works including, Above and Beyond, Former Marines
Conquer the Civilian World, Turner Publishing; The Nightingale’s Song, Simon and Shuster; The
Long Gray Line, Simon and Shuster: Koop, autobiography, Dr. C. Everett Koop, Random House;
Cardinal Bernardin, Bonus Books; Man of the Century, Holt; Craig and Joan, Viking; Inside the
VC and the NVA, Facett; Death in the Nursery, Servent. Citations in Newspaper and magazines
include the following national publications: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los
Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, The Miami Herald,
The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Village Voice, Time Magazine, Newsweek
Magazine, The National Review, Washingtonian Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, Columbia
Journalism Review and Washington Journalism Review.
Education
University of Maryland, B.A.
Military
U.S. Marine Corps, enlisted, 1964-1968, honorable discharge. Thrice-wounded, decorated combat
veteran Dominican Republic (1965) and Vietnam (1967-68).
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