Jim Carr (born December 20, 1969) is vice president and head of digital media for Standard Media Group LLC, a broadcast and digital media company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Carr was previously vice president of digital media for Media General, Inc., a

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broadcast and digital media company headquartered in

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. An advocate for

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, Carr serves on the board of directors for the Digital Literacy Institute, a non-profit organization that works to bridge the

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and promote access to Internet technologies for under-served populations.

Life and career

During the Tech boom of the 1990s Carr was co-founder and Chief Technologist o
TechTrain, Inc.
an Atlanta-based Microsoft partner with technology training centers throughout the Southeastern United States. Carr has been an adjunct instructor, guest

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and advisor for a number of academic institutions including

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, Guilford College, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the College of Charleston. He was also an

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for

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and Senior Managing Editor of act.com. Working with the Maricopa Community College District from 2003 to 2006, Carr was director of instructional technology & new media and taught

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& technology courses at their GateWay campus. In 2007, he was named director of

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for Belo Corporation's Arizona television group where he oversaw digital operations for 3TV Phoenix an
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In 2012 Carr joined Young Broadcasting as vice president of

which now operates as Media General, Inc. after a

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in November 2013. Carr is a Microsoft Certified Professional, Certified Internet Specialist, and an evangelist for open source software issues. He is a regular contributor to a number of print an online magazines and lectures on popular Web concepts including information architecture,

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, search engine optimization,

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and Internet marketing. In April 2006 Carr was named a Roundtable Scholar by The Roundtable Group, an academic think-tank and speakers bureau. He is active in a number of professional organizations, including the Web Innovator's Group, the Information Architecture Institute, and Arizona Internet Professionals Association.

References

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