Amy Guth is an American radio host, writer and author, and publisher of
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...
daily publication,
RedEye
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She was a reporter and digital editor for the ''
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...
s books section until February 2011, when the news organization named her as social media editor. In August 2013,
Tribune Company tapped her to lead
RedEye
Red eye, red-eye, redeye or variants may refer to:
Related to the eye
* Red-eye effect, in photographs
* Red eye (medicine), an eye that appears red due to illness or injury
* Red, an extremely rare eye color due to albinism
* Red eyeshine i ...
/Metromix Chicago. She is host of a
Tribune Company's AM news-talk station,
WGN weekend talk show, "RedEye Remix", after previous stints co-hosting "WGN Weekends with Alex and Amy" and "
ChicagoNow Radio."
In 2013, Guth was named “Chicago’s Funniest Media Personality,” winning the contest hosted by the Laugh Factory Chicago.
Guth is author of the 2006 novel ''Three Fallen Women''.
Guth was involved in the debut season of ''
Chicago Live!'', interviewing guests for the live stage production and radio broadcast including
Scott Turow
Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Turow’s novel ...
.
In 2014, media critic
Robert Feder
Robert Feder (born May 17, 1956) is an American media blogger who was the television and radio columnist for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1980 until 2008, a blogger for Vocalo.org from 2009 until 2010, and a blogger for ''Time Out Chicago'' fro ...
named her among the top ten most powerful women in Chicago media.
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21st-century American novelists
American radio personalities
American women novelists
Chicago Tribune people
Living people
21st-century American women writers
American women non-fiction writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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