Rick Karr
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Rick Karr is a journalist
and educator who reports primarily on media
and technology's impact on culture
.
He served as correspondent for the PBS series Bill Moyers Journal. Prior to that, he reported and co-wrote the documentary Net @ Risk, which aired in October 2006 as part of journalist Bill Moyers
' series Moyers on America. The show examined the impact of legislation on net neutrality and the future of the U.S. internet, as well as broader issues involving telecommunications and democracy
.
Karr was previously a correspondent
for the Wall Street Journals PBS series Journal Editorial Report; culture and technology correspondent for the public radio show Weekend America
; and a longtime correspondent, host, and engineer for National Public Radio. In 2002 and 2003, he was the media correspondent for the PBS series NOW with Bill Moyers. Karr began his career in journalism as a teenager, when he worked as a reporter and music critic for The Times of Northwest Indiana
.
He has been teaching at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
since 2004.
Karr is a recording engineer, record producer, songwriter and founding member of the musical collective Box Set Authentic.
He was born and raised in Highland, Indiana
and attended Purdue University
and the London School of Economics
.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and educator who reports primarily on media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
and technology's impact on culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
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He served as correspondent for the PBS series Bill Moyers Journal. Prior to that, he reported and co-wrote the documentary Net @ Risk, which aired in October 2006 as part of journalist Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson Administration from 1965 to 1967. He worked as a news commentator on television for ten years. Moyers has had an extensive involvement with public...
' series Moyers on America. The show examined the impact of legislation on net neutrality and the future of the U.S. internet, as well as broader issues involving telecommunications and democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
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Karr was previously a correspondent
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
for the Wall Street Journals PBS series Journal Editorial Report; culture and technology correspondent for the public radio show Weekend America
Weekend America
Weekend America was a weekly public radio program dealing with news, popular culture, the arts and more. The program was produced for American Public Media and hosted by John Moe in Saint Paul, Minnesota....
; and a longtime correspondent, host, and engineer for National Public Radio. In 2002 and 2003, he was the media correspondent for the PBS series NOW with Bill Moyers. Karr began his career in journalism as a teenager, when he worked as a reporter and music critic for The Times of Northwest Indiana
The Times of Northwest Indiana
The Times of Northwest Indiana is a daily newspaper headquartered in Munster, Indiana. The Times is the second largest of Indiana's 76 daily newspapers, The Indianapolis Star being the largest...
.
He has been teaching at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...
since 2004.
Karr is a recording engineer, record producer, songwriter and founding member of the musical collective Box Set Authentic.
He was born and raised in Highland, Indiana
Highland, Lake County, Indiana
Highland is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 23,727 at the 2010 census. The town was incorporated on April 4, 1910...
and attended Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
and the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.