Charles M. Madigan (born August 23, 1949) is an American educator who has been an editor, journalist and columnist in Chicago, Illinois.
He worked for United Press International from 1970 to 1979, including two and a half years as correspondent from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
In 2003 and 2004 Madigan was an instructor at the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University.
He was the editor of Global Chicago and worked on a book about his family's history in the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania.
In 2007 Madigan became the Presidential Writer in Residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago, teaching classes focused on journalism and politics in the university's Department of Communication.