John R. Carroll has been a media analyst for over four decades. Work from his 45 years in the Boston media trenches is here.
For 15 years he was a mass communication professor at Boston University’s College of Communication.
Prior to joining the BU faculty, Carroll was the executive producer of Greater Boston, WGBH-TV’s nightly news and public affairs program. He was also a radio commentator for WGBH-FM, and a correspondent for WGBH-TV’s Beat the Press, a weekly media review program.
During his television career, Carroll has won nine New England Emmy awards, mostly for news writing and commentary. He is also the recipient of the RTNDA’s National Edward R. Murrow award for writing, and a three-time winner of the National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism.
Previously Carroll was a commentator for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and On the Media, as well as American Public Media’s Marketplace. He has also been a columnist for the Boston Globe and Adweek.
In addition to It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Carroll produces Campaign Outsider, which comments on politics, media , arts and culture, and whatever, and Sneak Adtack, a blog that tracks stealth marketing (aka ads in sheep’s clothing).
Carroll is also a consultant to Ask Doctor Ads, although he takes no responsibility for all the cockamamie stuff the Doc dishes out. (Federally mandated warning: Dr. Ads is not a licensed physician,.)
It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town 
Were you aware that Steve Schwartz, who had a jazz program on WGBH, died last week? Eric Jackson on WGBH and Angelynn Grant on WMBR mentioned it, but aside from a post from Tom Reney, I haven’t seen any other notice about it. In particular, I haven’t seen anything in the Globe, which is a little strange.
Yeah – I saw it somewhere on social media, but I’m as surprised as you are that it hasn’t hit the local dailies.