Michael Shanahan (journalist)

Michael Shanahan
Born(1943-06-29)June 29, 1943
DiedNovember 22, 2014(2014-11-22) (aged 71)
EducationPennsylvania State University (B.A., 1965)
OccupationJournalist
Known forReporting on 1970 Kent State shootings

Michael Shanahan (June 29, 1943 – November 22, 2014) was a journalist for the Associated Press. His reporting included the 1970 shootings at a demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio. He would later go on to become a professor of journalism at the George Washington University for more than two decades.