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Michael C. Janeway

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Michael C. Janeway
BornMay 31, 1940
DiedApril 17, 2014 (age 73)
NationalityUnited States
Occupation(s)Professor
Newspaper editor
Known forEditor of the Boston Globe
Parent(s)Elizabeth Hall Janeway
Eliot Janeway
FamilyWilliam H. Janeway (brother)

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.

Biography

Born in New York City, Janeway was the son of Elizabeth (née Hall) and Eliot Janeway.[1] His father was born Jewish and had changed his surname from Jacobstein.[2] 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 at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut on April 17, 2014.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Curt (1988). Who's who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets. December Press. p. 266. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ Schudel, Matt (April 19, 2014). "Michael C. Janeway, former Boston Globe editor and author, dies at 73". Washington Post.
  3. ^ Kahn, Joseph (April 18, 2014). "Michael C. Janeway, 73; former Globe editor". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 18, 2014.