Michael C. Janeway

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Michael C. Janeway
BornMay 31, 1940
New York City, US
DiedApril 17, 2014 (age 73)
Lakeville, Connecticut, US
OccupationProfessor
Newspaper editor
Known forEditor of The Boston Globe
Parent(s)Elizabeth Hall Janeway
Eliot Janeway
RelativesWilliam H. Janeway (brother)

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

Biography[]

Born in New York City, Janeway was the son of Elizabeth Hall Janeway and Eliot Janeway.[1] His father was born Jewish and had changed his surname from Jacobstein.[2] Janeway earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. He was also the executive editor of the Atlantic Monthly, and 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).

Janeway died of cancer at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut, on April 17, 2014.[3] His brother was 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. ISBN 9780913204214. 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". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

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Preceded by
Thomas Winship 		Editor of The Boston Globe
1984–1986 		Succeeded by
John S. Driscoll
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