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From AJR, March 1999
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John Wesley Huey Jr.
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Age: 50
Birthplace: Atlanta
Education: graduated from the University of Georgia, 1970
The résumé: Worked at an Atlanta suburban weekly and as a crime reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; joined the Wall Street Journal in 1975 and worked for the Journal for 13 years as a reporter and editor; developed a Dow Jones Southern business magazine in 1988, never launched; joined Fortune as a contributing editor, 1988; launched Southpoint, another Southern business magazine, for Time Inc., failed within a year; came back to Fortune as senior editor, 1990; named executive editor, 1994; named managing editor, 1995.
Honors: Adweek's Editor of the Year, 1998; Advertising Age's Editor of the Year and Business News Reporter's Business Journalist of the Year, 1997.
According to various staffers, he's: a cowboy, a shouter, an entertainer, a storyteller, a lovable pain in the ass, honest, unpredictable, irreverent, opinionated, a radar for news.
Has been known to say: ``This isn't a story; it's a desperate cry for help." ``This thing is as useless as tits on a boar hog.''
Books he's reading: Robert A. Caro's ``The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York'' and Don DeLillo's ``Underworld''
Favorite music: rhythm and blues (In his high school days, Huey played guitar and sang in rock `n' roll bands.)
When he's not working: ``I like to ride around in boats, and I like to fish a little bit. I like to hang out with my friends. Travel.''###
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