Sean Carter

Washington, D.C.

Audio Engineer and Composer

Education: Savannah College of Art and Design

Sean Carter is an audio engineer and composer for The Washington Post. His career has taken him around the world on audio assignments, building an international portfolio of documentaries, commercial campaigns, short films, sonic branding and bespoke music for diverse clients such as Vogue, VICE, Universal Music Group and the United Nations.
Latest from Sean Carter

The deadly world of white-supremacist prison gangs

Missing people, buried car parts and human remains in Oklahoma: the silent but not so secret influence of white-supremacist prison gangs.

April 21, 2023

Does Disney have a Star Wars problem?

Disney has planned out the next decade of Marvel and Star Wars films, but are audiences still willing to keep up with all its content, or is fatigue setting in?

April 20, 2023

"I don't want to die trying to have a baby."

Today, we look at how vague language in antiabortion laws has disrupted the standard of care for a pregnancy complication called PPROM.

April 18, 2023

Fox News on trial

Ahead of opening arguments Monday, we unpack the Dominion defamation case against Fox News, and what the outcome could mean for the future of the media and democracy.

April 14, 2023

    Gianandrea Noseda’s secret instruments

    The National Symphony Orchestra music director just revealed that he’s been loaning personal treasures to create his ideal sound. Have a listen.

    April 14, 2023

    The top-secret document leak panicking U.S. officials

    The photos of top-secret Pentagon documents first started appearing online on Discord, a chat platform popular with gamers. But where did they come from? And just how many military secrets do they contain?

    April 12, 2023

    Will abortion pills stay legal?

    Late Friday, two conflicting rulings threw a key abortion medication’s FDA approval into question. Today on Post Reports, we break down the legal confusion and talk about what could happen next.

    April 11, 2023

    The virus hunters

    A journey into the wild world of high-risk virus hunting, a coming reckoning, and The Post’s year-long investigation into the U.S. role in pushing such research to the edge.

    April 10, 2023

    The Iraq I never knew

    What is it like to leave a country in crisis - only to return years later to a devastated homeland? Today, a Post photojournalist journeys back to Iraq after 24 years.

    April 7, 2023

    Why American cities are getting Whiter

    Many American cities are being gentrified — and getting Whiter. Today on “Post Reports,” we go to Denver to see how the city has changed and what longtime residents are doing about it.

    April 6, 2023