Charles Madigan

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Charles Madigan was an editor, journalist and columnist in Chicago, Illinois.

Associated with the Chicago Tribune since 1979, he was the Sunday Perspective editor and senior correspondent, and was the paper's national editor, Washington news editor, projects editor, Atlanta correspondent, national correspondent and was the paper's first senior writer. Earlier, he worked for UPI for nine years including two and a half years as correspondent from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

He was also executive editor of Britannica.com and has co-authored and collaborated on several books. He is the editor of Global Chicago and is currently writing a book about his family's history in the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania. He has three sons, Eamon, Brian and Conor. His wife, Linda, teaches special education.

Madigan wrote the main story on the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 for the September 12, 2001 editions of the Tribune.

He is currently Presidential Writer-in-Residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, and teaches journalism classes in the university's Department of Communication.

[edit] Partial bibliography

Madigan, Charles (editor), Global Chicago (2004, University of Illinois Press) ISBN 0-252-02941-0
Martinez, Arthur and Charles Madigan, The Hard Road to the Softer Side: Lessons from the Transformation of Sears (2001, Crown Business) ISBN 0-8129-2960-8
Greenwald, Gerald and Charles Madigan, Lessons from the Heart of American Business: A Roadmap for Managers in the 21st Century (2001, Warner Books) ISBN 0-446-52544-8
O'Shea, James and Charles Madigan, Dangerous Company: The Consulting Powerhouses and the Businesses They Save and Ruin (1997, Nicholas Brealey) ISBN 0-8129-2634-X
-30-: The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper