Chris Barstow-Carson

Chris Barstow-Carson
Status		Active
Focus		Civilian
Biographical Information
Date of Birth		1994-08-06
Age		28
Place of Birth		Liberty City
Nationality		American
Gender		Male
Pronouns		He/Him/His
Licenses		Driving License Weapons License
Residence		Alta St. Apartments
Physical Attributes
Eye Color		Blue
Hair Color		Blonde
Relationship Information
Marital Status		Single
Sexuality		Straight
Partner(s)		None
Employment Information
Occupation		Weazel News Freelance Reporter
Role-Player Information
Played By		[[NotTheStig]]
Other Characters		Mikhail Boskovic, Daniel Weller

Description

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Background

Parents and childhood

Christopher Barstow-Carson was born in August of 1994 in Washington D.C. to Johnathan Barstow and his wife Sarah Carson. At the time Jonathan was studying for his Ph.D in post-modern literary analysis at Georgetown University, but after completing his Doctorate accepted a teaching position at Columbia University as a professor of Contemporary Literary History. After accepting the position, Jonathan moved his family to Liberty City to stay close to the campus. Jonathan met Christopher's mother, Sarah Carson, while studying for his Masters. Sarah was an Art History student at the time, and the pair bonded over a shared interest in bygone eras. While Sarah enjoyed the academic world, in her Senior year of her Bachelors degree she got accepted into a prestigious internship at The Smithsonian which launched her career in the art world, and the excitement of the real world kept her away from further academic life.

The couple were caring and attentive parents to Christopher, aided by him being an only child, but they had their fair share of differences, which reflected in Chris's upbringing. Rather than being attached to either of them in particular, he adopted elements of both of them. His mother was fairly liberal and free spirited, which rubbed off on Chris quite a bit. He loved a good adventure, and was very much his own person. His father on the other hand was far more conservative. While Jonathan imparted his enthusiasm for stories, writing, and critical thinking, Chris felt that his dedication to academic pursuits left him blinded to what was really happening in the world. One things his parents both left with Chris, however, was a strong set of principles, and understanding of ethics, and solid moral code.

Teen-age Life

In high school Chris really began to become his own person. Around the same time he started high school, the 2008 financial crisis started taking it's full effect. Being in a private school among some of Liberty Cities more wealthy families he saw the consequences of the recession first hand with immediate effect. He started paying attention to the multiple news outlets that covered what happened, from opinion pieces to deep investigations. Very quickly he realized how messed up the world around him was, and that the only people doing anything about it where the reporters telling the stories. Pretty soon the news was his life. Every day before school he would swing by the local news stand and pick up all the big papers he could. The Times, The Journal, The Herald, Weazel News, even the smaller local publications. He no longer trusted the systems around him, and he wanted to read everything he could about what was going on. It was like a train wreck, as terrible as it was he just couldn't look away. These reporters became his idols, and some of the biggest names became his heroes.

In his Sophmore year of high school he joined the school paper. His eyes were bigger than his head though, and quickly found himself butting heads with the senior editors because they weren't doing big enough stories. As much as he wanted to break some big corruption conspiracy, his enthusiasm was his own worst enemy.

Chris's growing passion for the press acted like an axe between him and his father. Being the conservative academic English major that he was, he saw most journalists as a plague who sullied the literary world with their fast paced, cut throat, attention seeking behavior. True knowledge, he believed, lied in books and papers, not on the front page. When Chris announced he was going to Boston University to study in the Journalism major it drove a rift in their relationship that was never mended. While they still occasionally talk, there is an energy in the air of words better left unspoken.

College and Early Life as a Journalist

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Aspirations

While Chris doesn't aspire to any form of fame or fortune, and is ultimately a man of simple means, he is not without ambition. His ultimate goal to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for some form of investigative journalism. To Chris, this award would not be about the fame, but a vindication that the work he did as a journalist meant something. With the rapid pace of the news cycle, he wants to know that his dedication to the craft made a difference.

He also wants to control a successful media and publishing company. For Chris it's not about getting rich, or building a name for himself, but to promote the untold stories and to share his passion for the crafty of impactful storytelling.

Appearance

Roughly 6 feet tall, average build, dirty blonde hair, deep Caribbean sea blue eyes. Has a single piercing on their right ear, keeps a well trimmed close beard, and designer prescription plastic frame glasses. Is typically wearing some form of fedora to harken back to the old school journalists they idolize. Fashion choices are typically casual but trendy, with muted palates. Avoids wearing dress clothes unless absolutely necessary, usually only for strictly professional events.

Trivia

• Oddly lacks any form of East Coast accent, despite spending most of his life on the East Coast
• Is the most published reporter in Los Santos
• Does not like when people hide information, lie, or twists the truth, particularly reporters
• Does not hide his distaste for dishonest reporters or people he considers to sully the integrity of journalism, namely George Sinclair, Dick Richards, and to a lesser extent Jay Walker