Please join us to hear The New York Times’ award-winning journalist, David Carr, speak about the current state of the media in the U.S. and world, which has become so digitally- and electronically-dependent. As several U.S. print newspapers have had to close due to their inability to compete with social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and online resources, a hotly debated topic is whether the state of journalism, information-sharing and media has been compromised – or improved – by these new media.
Mr. Carr writes a weekly column for the Monday Business section of The New York Times, one of the world’s leading newspapers, and focuses on media issues including print, digital, film, radio and television. He also works as a general assignment reporter in the Culture section of the same newspaper, covering all aspects of popular culture. He is also the star subject of the documentary film, “Page One: Inside the New York Times.”
Prior to arriving at the Times, Carr was a contributing writer for The Atlantic Monthly and New York Magazine, writing articles that ranged from homeland security issues to the movie industry. He also served as editor of the Washington City Paper, an alternative weekly in Washington D.C.
(Biography courtesy of The New York Times.)