Erin Lee Carr

documentary filmmaker and author

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Two troubled teenagers were in a relationship mainly via text. They said they were in love with each other. The boyfriend was seriously depressed and suicidal.

The story of a teenager accused of manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself

Two troubled teenagers were in a relationship mainly via text. They said they were in love with each other. The boyfriend was seriously depressed and suicidal.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

When New York Times media columnist David Carr died in 2015 at age 58, there was a front-page obit.

Erin Lee Carr on alcoholism, workaholism, and a loving but contentious relationship with her father David Carr

When New York Times media columnist David Carr died in 2015 at age 58, there was a front-page obit.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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