Charles M. Madigan (born August 23, 1949) is an American educator who has been an
editor,
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
and
columnist in
Chicago, Illinois
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Life
Madigan grew up in
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the Altoona Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 Census, making it the eighteenth most populous city in Pennsylvania. T ...
and attended
Pennsylvania State University.
He had his first professional newspaper job with the ''
Altoona Mirror
The ''Altoona Mirror'' is a daily newspaper located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is the hometown newspaper for Altoona and serves all of Blair County as well as parts of surrounding counties.
History
The newspaper was founded on June 13, 1874 as ...
'' in 1966.
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''Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...
'', December 11, 1981 ("Madigan, 32, a native of Altoona Pa, became a Tribune reporter in July 1979")
From 1968 to 1970 he worked as local government reporter for the ''
Harrisburg Patriot'' in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He worked for
United Press International
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from 1970 to 1979, including two and a half years as correspondent from the
Soviet Union
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during the
Cold War.
Associated with the ''
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...
'' from 1979 until 2008, he was the Sunday Perspective editor and senior correspondent, and was the paper's national editor,
Washington, DC
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news editor, projects editor,
Atlanta
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correspondent, national correspondent and was the paper's first senior writer. In 2000 he was executive editor of
Britannica.com, but returned to the ''Tribune'' in October. Madigan wrote the main story on the
September 11, 2001 attacks for the September 12, 2001 editions of the ''Tribune''.
In 2003 and 2004 Madigan was an instructor at the
Medill School of Journalism
The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is a constituent school of Northwestern University that offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It frequently ranks as the top school of journalism in the Unite ...
of
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
.
He co-authored and collaborated on several books. He was the editor of ''Global Chicago'' and worked on a book about his family's history in the
coal mines
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron fro ...
of Western
Pennsylvania
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. He has three sons, Eamon, Brian and Conor. His wife, Linda, teaches special education.
In 2007 Madigan became the Presidential Writer in Residence at
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
The unive ...
in
Chicago
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, teaching classes focused on journalism and politics in the university's Department of Communication.
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''Chicago Public Radio
WBEZ (91.5 FM) – branded ''WBEZ 91.5'' – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the Chicago metropolitan area. Financed by corporate underwriting, government funding and li ...
'', December 28, 2009
He appeared on
C-SPAN in 2005 and 2010.
Works
*Madigan, Charles (editor), ''Global Chicago'' (2004, University of Illinois Press)
*Martinez, Arthur and Charles Madigan, ''The Hard Road to the Softer Side: Lessons from the Transformation of Sears'' (2001, Crown Business)
*Greenwald, Gerald and Charles Madigan, ''Lessons from the Heart of American Business: A Roadmap for Managers in the 21st Century'' (2001, Warner Books)
*O'Shea, James and Charles Madigan, ''Dangerous Company: The Consulting Powerhouses and the Businesses They Save and Ruin'' (1997, Nicholas Brealey)
*Madigan, Charles (editor) ''-30-: The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper'' (2007) ()
*''Destiny Calling, How the People Elected Barack Obama'' (2009) ()
References
External links
Biographyfrom official book site
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* as co-author
Charles M. Madigan, Presidential Writer in Residenceat ''
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
The unive ...
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''Chicago Tribune'' column*''Chicago Tribune'' blogs about the 2004 presidentia
Republican Conventionand th
Democratic Convention
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Living people
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Northwestern University staff
Roosevelt University faculty
American business writers
American columnists
American economics writers
American male journalists
Chicago Tribune people
Writers from Chicago
American expatriates in the Soviet Union
1949 births