David Carr

“He was the finest media reporter of his generation, a remarkable and funny man who was one of the leaders of our newsroom,” N.Y. Times executive editor Dean Baquet told his staff in a memo about the death of David Carr, seen in 2008, who had worked for the newspaper since 2002.  (Stephen Chernin / Associated Press)

David Carr, seen at the 2011 Paris premier of the documentary “Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times,” was a business reporter for The Times and wrote a weekly column called the Media Equation, a lively chronicle of developments in print and digital media, film, radio and television.  (Michel Euler / Associated Press)

David Carr, left, filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald attend the TimesTalks panel on Feb. 12. Before joining the N.Y. Times in 2002, Carr had been a contributing writer for the Atlantic Monthly and New York magazine.  (Mark Sagliocco / Getty Images)

David Carr, left, with “Page One” director Andrew Rossi in 2011, collapsed at the N.Y. Times offices in Manhattan on Feb. 12 and died at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York.  (Michel Euler / Associated Press)