Honoring David Carr: NYT starts fellowship reflecting his belief in young writers

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by on September 14, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion

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The New York Times announced today that it’s launching a fellowship to honor the late media columnist David Carr, who passed away suddenly in February this year. Applications are being accepted now until November 14, with an expected start date in early 2016. Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times said that the aim of this fellowship is to honor Carr’s commitment to not only telling engaging stories, but mentoring young journalists as well. David Carr was someone who had true faith in the future of this profession and if it wasn’t for him, I’m not sure I’d…

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