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What’s In David Carr’s Backpack?

The New York Times media columnist shows his stuff
March 5, 2012

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David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at The Twin Cities Reader in Minneapolis (it was 1982), but he can say with confidence: “This backpack contains more firepower than the entire newsroom that I walked into” back then. To prove it, he unpacked. (For more on Carr’s backpack, click here.)

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