New York | Wall Street Journal "He's always in pursuit of stimulation, always needing more more more," writes
Jennifer Senior. "In
his book, [
David Carr] talked about being terrified of missing something, and his career at the Times has some of that: a ravenous quality, with his chewing variously on the subjects of media, movies, music, politics. This fear of missing something also means he figured out web journalism a lot faster than his colleagues. He has one of the Times' most readable blogs; he was one of the first to make himself a video star on nytimes.com, doing meta-interviews with celebrities and regular Joes."