Carey Winfrey is an American journalist. He was the founding editor of ''Memories'' magazine and the former editor-in-chief of ''Cuisine'', ''American Health'' and ''Smithsonian'' magazines.

Biography

Winfrey is the son of American

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racehorse trainer Bill Winfrey and grandson of racehorse owner and trainer G. Carey Winfrey. He graduated from the

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, Columbia College in 1963 and

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in 1967. After graduating from Columbia, Winfrey was chosen to be an intern at the Public Broadcast Laboratory and went to

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on a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. He wrote for the ''

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'' and worked as a reporter, commentator and producer for HK-TVB. Upon returning to the

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, he worked as a journalist for ''Time'' magazine. In 1971, Winfrey joined

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as a producer for the network's media analysis program ''Behind the Lines.'' In 1975, he became the executive producer of ''Assignment America,'' a weekly conversation and documentary series''.'' In 1977, he joined ''

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'' in the metropolitan desk. He then covered the

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in Guyana for ''The Times'' and then was posted to

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, where he covered sub-Saharan Africa affairs, including the ousting of

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. Winfrey later returned to broadcasting and joined

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, as director of video development and was named editor-in-chief of CBS' ''

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'' in 1983. In 1988, he launched the critically acclaimed ''Memories'' magazine, which was named "Best New Magazine" of 1989 by ''

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''. After the magazine folded due to industry-wide recession, he became editor-in-chief of '' American Health'' in 1990. After six years at the magazine, he joined the faculty of

as head of the Delacorte Center for Magazine Study. In 2001, he was named editor-in-chief of the ''Smithsonian,'' the third editor in the magazine's 40-year history. Under his leadership, the magazine was named "most interesting" by Affinity's American Magazine Study in 2011. He retired from the ''Smithsonian'' in September 2011.

References

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