John P. Shanley (September 10, 1915 – November 28, 1985) was an American journalist, specializing in radio, television and drama.
Soon thereafter he was promoted to general assignment reporter, remaining in the position until World War II, when he took a leave of absence to enlist in the Army and serve in counterintelligence at such theaters of war as China, Burma, India and North Africa.
[1] Returning to The Times after the war, he became, in 1948, assistant editor of the drama news department and was assigned, as editor, to cover radio and television in 1954, when he also joined the faculty of his alma mater, Fordham, as a part-time professor of communications, continuing to teach there until 1961.
After contributing scores of articles and reviews, mostly about various productions of 1950s and early 1960s television, he left The Times in 1963 and joined New York City's independent TV station, WOR Channel 9, as well as WOR radio, in the position of public relations director.
[2] Shanley was 70 years old and residing the Long Island suburb of Bellerose Village, when he died of lung cancer at the Mercy Hospice in nearby Rockville Centre.