Rick Karr

Rick Karr is a journalist and educator who reports primarily on media and technology's impact on culture.

He most recently 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 US internet, as well as broader issues involving telecommunications and democracy.

Karr was previously a correspondent for the "Wall Street Journal"'s 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.

His print journalism has appeared in "The Nation", "New Musical Express", "Stereo Review", and elsewhere. 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 [http://boxsetauthentic.com Box Set Authentic] . He has engineered and produced recordings by Royal Trux and the Brooklyn, New York band The Victoria Lucas, among others. Additionally, he played guitar and keyboards, sang, and wrote songs for Tart, a Chicago-based band, from 1993 to 1997.

He was born and raised in Highland, Indiana and attended Purdue University and the London School of Economics.