David Carr (journalist)
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Carr at the 2013 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
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David Michael Carr September 8, 1956 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | February 12, 2015 (aged 58) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, columnist, author |
| Years active | 1980s–2015 |
| Employer | The New York Times |
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| Children | 3, including Erin Lee Carr |
David Michael Carr (September 8, 1956 – February 12, 2015) was an American writer, columnist, and author. He wrote the Media Equation column and covered culture for The New York Times.
Carr was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Joan Laura Carr (née O'Neill), a local community leader, and John Lawrence Carr. He had three brothers and three sisters and grew up in the suburb of Minnetonka. He attended the University of Wisconsin–River Falls and the University of Minnesota, majoring in psychology and journalism.
In the early 1980s, Carr got his first job at the alternative weekly Twin Cities Reader where he became its editor. He also edited the Washington City Paper. He wrote extensively about the media for The Atlantic Monthly and New York.
He joined The New York Times in 2002, where he was a cultural reporter and wrote The New York Times Carpetbagger blog. He remained at The New York Times until his death.
In his 2008 memoir, The Night of the Gun, Carr detailed his experiences with cocaine addiction and included interviews with people from his past, tackling his memoir as if he were reporting on himself. The memoir was excerpted in The New York Times Magazine.
Carr was credited for launching Lena Dunham's career and was described by Gawker's John Koblin as the "Daddy" of TV series Girls.
He was featured prominently in the 2011 documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times, where he was shown interviewing staff from Vice, whom Carr called out for their lack of journalistic knowledge. The article about Vice was noteworthy for its clear conflict between new online journalism and traditional journalism.
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