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John Ludlow Gould (February 5, 1914 – May 24, 1993) was an American journalist and critic, who wrote commentary about television.
Gould's columns and reviews (along with those of rival John Crosby of the Herald Tribune) were widely read by decision-makers in the fledgling medium of television, and Gould had many professional and personal relationships with prominent industry figures such as Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly. He did not hold back harsh criticism, even when The New York Times itself produced its own public affairs program in 1963; He was aware of the potential power of television as a force for social good. His colleagues dubbed him "the conscience of the industry", to his own embarrassment.
Gould lived on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village and later in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, where, according to his obituary in The New York Times, his office contained "a shortwave radio, two telephones, a small black book of unlisted telephone numbers, and a typewriter". He retired in 1972 and moved to California. He died in Concord. He married Carmen Letitia Lewis in 1938; they had three sons.
Honors
Gould won numerous awards, including the George Polk Memorial Award and a Page One Award (both 1953), and a special Peabody Award (1957, citing his "fairness, objectivity, and authority").
Categories: 1914 Births, 1993 Deaths, American Television Critics, The New York Times Journalists, 20th-century American Journalists, 20th-century American Non-fiction Writers, People From Old Greenwich, Connecticut, 20th-century American Male Writers, Loomis Chaffee School Alumni, 20th-century American Male Journalists
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