Carlos Carnicero is a Spanish journalist, (b. 1951). After getting a degree in law from the University of the Basque Country and an economics degree from the University Complutense of Madrid, he worked for several publications, such as weeklies Tribuna and Tiempo, and was deputy director of the now defunct Diario16 daily newspaper until 1991. Currently he writes a column for El Periódico de Catalunya and appears regularly on Spanish television and radio. He also writes a blog