Ace reporter investigates the lost years of his life as a. As a recovering addict, i know those pictures live forever. Now what if i said that i was a recovered crack addict who got. Former washington post reporter ruben castaneda tells brian stelter how he reported on dcs crack epidemic while hiding his own addiction to the drug. Yes, his cousins became destitute crack addicts living in a shed, but theyd dropped out of school and. Credit karsten moran for the new york times the 21yearold heroin addict at the mcdonalds, brian l. I kept thinking drug addiction was crack addiction it was violence and. David carr called himself part pirate, part thug but also a decent person carr, media columnist for the new york times, died thursday after collapsing in the newsroom.
Night of the gun, this incredible memoir about going from being a crack addict to a writer at the new york times. Npr media correspondent david folkenflik and times media reporter jonathan mahler were in the running. The story was later discovered to have been fabricated. Mayorprofessional crack smoker marion berry issued a citywide search for the young boy, who was later reported dead by city officials. The times is the sort of place known to employ people with two last. Reporter investigates lost years of his life as crack addict. Undercover officers ask addicts to buy drugs, snaring them. Its a great newspaper, no doubt about it, but lets face it. He famously published a chapter from his memoir about his transformation, crack addict to reporter and single parent, in, where else, the new york times. Fox business reporter busted bringing crack pipe into. The new york times city room blog reports that cnn international business and travel reporter richard quest has been arrested on drug charges.
Amc developing david carrs memoir with bob odenkirk. In new york city, transportation might be second only to real estate as a marker of privilege. New york times media columnist david carr is dead at 58. Ace reporter investigates the lost years of his life as a crack addict. You can find the latest new york today at or in the morning, on the new york times homepage or its new york section. New york times media columnist david carr dead at 58. Erin lee carr, daughter of the late new york times columnist david carr. He dabbled in drugs, then got addicted to crack cocaine and heroin. Where you go says just as much as how you get there. Before he joined cnn in november 20, stelter was a media reporter for the new york times. With all the headlines about fake news, the liberal media elite dont have a perfect track record, either. Washington post reporter ruben castaneda on how he covered dcs crack epidemic while dealing with his own addiction.
A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life 2008 a popular columnist for the new york times, author david carr didnt have to look any farther than himself for this memoir of addiction and, ultimately, sobriety. Here was a reporter, smoking crack with a crack addict for a story. In new book, daughter of times columnist david carr discusses. The pulitzer was subsequently awarded to teresa carpenter, a nominee. A tribute to new york times media critic david carr. A new york times reporter covered the fall of communism, topless cellists, and everything in between. Stelter was a media reporter for the new york times. Breaking story after story, two great american newspapers, the new york times and the washington post, are. Every kind of heavy drug use, from cigarettes to alcohol to crystal meth, has some kind of negative impact on your health. The film follows one year at the new york times and the people who work there. Now, about my operation in peking by james restonspecial.
She won a pulitzer prize in 1981 for an article written for the washington post. New york undercover officers entrap addicts in drug stings. New york cnn the new york times has concluded, after an extensive internal investigation, that one of its former reporters committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud. Quest was arrested early friday morning after being escorted out of central park for violating. New york times reporters drug abuse memoirs press gazette.
New york times reporter david carrs forthcoming book is a searing study of his struggles with drug addiction. Now, about my operation in peking by james restonspecial to the new york times new york times 1857current file. D avid carr was the most unlikely new york times superstar. Inside the new york times, a 2011 documentary directed by andrew rossi, the media reporter david carr opens. David carr, who wriggled away from the demon of drug addiction to become a journalistic celebrity, a namebrand media columnist at the new york times and a bestselling author who reported on his. In new book, daughter of times columnist david carr. He battled back from cocaine and crack addiction and a life on the street to become a celebrated columnist at the new york times and, more. Easily the most colorful of these is media reporter david carr.
New york times reporter david carr has used his investigative journalism techniques on his family as research for his new memoirs on life as a crack addict. Photographer graham macindoe left his native scotland in 1992 to make it in new york. As an economics reporter for the new york times, i have been the papers chief eyes and ears on the federal reserve for the past six years. The author of the acclaimed memoir, the night of the gun, he passed away in february 2015. Joe bidens son is under scrutiny for his business dealings and tumultuous personal life. The new york timess explanation of its decision to report, after what it said was a oneyear delay, that the national security agency is. To say the least, david carr, the longtime new york times columnist, had. It documents carrs adult life of addiction and recovery as. David carr, a former crack addict and single father of twin girls, who worked his way off welfare to eventually become a culture reporter and media columnist for the new york times. David carrs take on drug addiction the epoch times. The new york times announced that it was eliminating the post. The 21yearold heroin addict sat in a mcdonalds on the lower east side, wondering when his grandmother would next wire him money.
The main focus of the film is david carr, a journalist with a rough exterior but a good heart and a great wit. A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. The overarching theme is the battle for even this print legend to survive the onslaught of new media and changing times, which have forced other newspapers to shut down or make massive layoffs. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. David carr was a reporter and the media equation columnist for the new york times. I was a fat thug who beat up women and sold bad coke. I write because writing is crack, and im an addict. Michael kaufman, times reporter who roamed world, dead at. Page one inside the new york times a new documentary. In his 2008 memoir, the night of the gun, carr detailed his experiences with cocaine addiction and. The public editor position, created in the aftermath of a grave journalistic scandal, played a crucial part in rebuilding our readers trusts by acting as our. The most notorious scam of this sort was the 1980 frontpage washington post article by reporter.
He was moderating a panel in new york with the journalist glenn. Cooke subsequently returned the pulitzer, the only person to date to do so, after admitting she had fabricated stories. The rational choices of crack addicts the new york times. New york times grapples with david carrs legacy huffpost. The myth of the new york times, in documentary form truthdig. Reporter jayson blair concocted stories for the new york times back in 2003, while stephen glass fabricated numerous pieces for the new republic in the late 1990s. Previously, he wrote for the atlantic monthly and new york magazine and was editor of the twin cities reader in minneapolis. David carr, the new york times media columnist whose coverage ranged from television and film to the decline of print and the rise of digital media, died thursday in manhattan at the age of 58. Sociopolitical documentary hosted by andrew rossi, published by bbc broadcasted as part of bbc storyville series in 2011 english narration cover informationdocumentary which goes inside the newsroom at one of the most venerable publishing institutions in the world, the new york times. Media double down after new york times gets busted on fake.
Reporter investigates lost years of his life as crack addict media. Richard quest, cnn reporter, arrested on drug charges. Crime reporter and crack addict reliable sources cnn. A fox business reporter was busted last week trying to sneak a glass crack pipe into the federal courthouse in downtown manhattan, sources and law enforcement told the post. Here was a reporter, smoking crack with a crack addict for a story about crack addiction. Though no longer on city room, new york today continues to appear every weekday morning, offering a roundup of news and events for the city. He had just over a dollar, leaving him 35 cents short of the cheapest minibottle. David carrs riveting debut memoir, the night of the gun, takes this theory to the extreme, as the new york times reporter embarks on a threeyear factfinding mission to revisit his harrowing past as a drug addict and discovers that the search for answers can reveal many versions of the truth. And of course theres carrs backstory, rising from minneapolis crack addict to chronicler of new yorks media titans. He is the author of the new york times bestseller top of the morning. Addiction battled ambition for reporter caught in d. New york the 55yearold crack addict counted his change outside a harlem liquor store. As was the case every halloween, on october 31, 1989, a couple of washington post reporters were sent to cover the festivities in georgetown, where thousands of mostly white and.
Carr is a former drug addict and a new york times reporter for many, many years. Proquest historical newspapers the new york times 1851 2004 pg. Journalist david carr as a father in all that you leave behind. Janet leslie cooke born july 23, 1954 is a former american journalist. There may have been a real white house briefing with real white house officials, but the new york times couldnt be trusted to accurately summarize what the white house official said. All of this is to say that it is not just crack cocaine and heroin that are dangerous to your health. But the subject of new york times reporter david carrs forthcoming book is not a national security secret or revelations about a big business scam. My experience has shown me that 1,000 times out of 1,000 times, i will be defeated, he said. The notorious drug kingpin blew minds as the new york times magazines cover boy.
In the early 90s, ruben castaneda was a crime reporter for the washington post, and an addict who bought crack on the very streets he wrote about. David carr, a times reporter, is eulogized the new york. Its been four years since the death of new york times columnist david carr. It says nothing about the internal dynamics of the institution. Inside the new york times is an infomercial for the new york times.