Michael C. Janeway

Michael Charles Janeway (May 31, 1940 – April 17, 2014) was a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He was editor of the Boston Globe and dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Born in New York City,[1] Janeway was the son of Eliot Janeway and his wife the former Elizabeth Hall. He has a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. He was also the executive editor of the Atlantic Monthly. He also worked for a time as special assistant to United States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.

Among books by Janeway are The Fall of the House of Roosevelt: Brokers of Ideas & Power from FDR to LBJ (Columbia University Press, 2004) and Republic of Denial: Press, Politics and Public Life (Yale University Press, 1999).

He died of cancer in Lakeville, Connecticut on April 17, 2014.[2]

His brother is William H. Janeway, a venture capitalist and economist.

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  2. ↑ Kahn, Joseph (April 18, 2014). "Michael C. Janeway, 73; former Globe editor". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
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