John CarrollCognoscenti contributor WebsiteJohn Carroll is a media analyst for WBUR and a former journalism professor at Boston University. He blogs here and here.Recently publishedYour Cousin From Boston? Rating 2021 Super Bowl AdsWBUR senior news analyst John Carroll joins us to review the good, the bad and the ugly of Sunday night's ads.ResumeRadio Boston11:53Feb 8, 2021Which Political Ads Are Making A Splash, And Which Are Falling Short?Who's behind these ads, are they working, and what do they tell us about the state of a number of races, during a pandemic?ResumeRadio Boston16:08Aug 6, 2020What Would GateHouse-Gannett Merger Mean For Massachusetts?The proposed $1.4 billion merger could have a ripple effect for local news publications. ResumeRadio Boston12:56Aug 28, 2019Where Delete Is The New Default: Welcome To The Erasable InternetThe Internet is becoming two parallel universes: the archival and the real-time web. CognoscentiMar 31, 2014Will Government Regulation Vaporize E-Cigarettes?Government officials are rushing toward the regulation of e-cigarettes in the name of public health. But John Carroll suspects there's an entirely less altruistic motivation at play. CognoscentiMar 12, 2014AdvertisementThe Gray Lady Shows Some LegThe New York Times has chosen the occasion of its website redesign to introduce its first batch of native ads.CognoscentiJan 10, 2014
Your Cousin From Boston? Rating 2021 Super Bowl AdsWBUR senior news analyst John Carroll joins us to review the good, the bad and the ugly of Sunday night's ads.ResumeRadio Boston11:53Feb 8, 2021
Which Political Ads Are Making A Splash, And Which Are Falling Short?Who's behind these ads, are they working, and what do they tell us about the state of a number of races, during a pandemic?ResumeRadio Boston16:08Aug 6, 2020
What Would GateHouse-Gannett Merger Mean For Massachusetts?The proposed $1.4 billion merger could have a ripple effect for local news publications. ResumeRadio Boston12:56Aug 28, 2019
Where Delete Is The New Default: Welcome To The Erasable InternetThe Internet is becoming two parallel universes: the archival and the real-time web. CognoscentiMar 31, 2014
Will Government Regulation Vaporize E-Cigarettes?Government officials are rushing toward the regulation of e-cigarettes in the name of public health. But John Carroll suspects there's an entirely less altruistic motivation at play. CognoscentiMar 12, 2014
The Gray Lady Shows Some LegThe New York Times has chosen the occasion of its website redesign to introduce its first batch of native ads.CognoscentiJan 10, 2014