Susan Antilla is a financial journalist and author.

Career

Antilla has written for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

,''

Bloomberg Bloomberg may refer to: People * Daniel J. Bloomberg (1905–1984), audio engineer * Georgina Bloomberg (born 1983), professional equestrian * Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman and founder of Bloomberg L.P.; politician a ...

, ''

The Nation ''The Nation'' is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper ...

'', ''

The American Prospect ''The American Prospect'' is a daily online and bimonthly print American political and public policy magazine dedicated to American modern liberalism and Progressivism in the United States, progressivism. Based in Washington, D.C., ''The America ...

'', ''

The Intercept ''The Intercept'' is an American left-wing nonprofit news organization that publishes articles and podcasts online. ''The Intercept'' has published in English since its founding in 2014, and in Portuguese since the 2016 launch of the Brazilia ...

'', ''

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

'',

CNBC CNBC is an American List of business news channels, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The network broadcasts live business news and analysis programming during the morning, Day ...

and

CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

, among others. She was New York bureau chief of the Money Section of

USA Today ''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headq ...

. More recently she engaged in journalism projects for Type Investigations, the investigative newsroom of

Type Media Center Type Media Center (formerly The Nation Institute) is a nonprofit media organization that was previously associated with ''The Nation (magazine), The Nation'' magazine. It sponsors fellows, hosts forums, publishes books and investigative reporting, ...

. Antilla is the author of ''Tales From the Boom-Boom Room: The Landmark Legal Battles That Exposed Wall Street’s Shocking Culture of Sexual Harassment'' (2002), an exploration of

sexual harassment Sexual harassment is a type of harassment based on the sex or gender of a victim. It can involve offensive sexist or sexual behavior, verbal or physical actions, up to bribery, coercion, and assault. Harassment may be explicit or implicit, wit ...

Wall Street Wall Street is a street in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs eight city blocks between Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in the west and South Street (Manhattan), South Str ...

in the 1990s, focusing especially upon

Smith Barney Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an American Multinational corporation, multinational financial services corporation specializing in Broker, retail brokerage. It is the wealth & asset management division of Morgan Stanley. On January 13, 2009, ...

The New York Observer ''The New York Observer'' was a weekly newspaper established in 1987. In 2016, it ceased print publication and became the online-only newspaper ''Observer''. The media site focuses on culture, real estate, media, politics and the entertainment ...

called the book “a work of compelling Wall Street anthropology.” Antilla has received awards from

The Silurians Press Club The Silurians Press Club, also known as The Society of the Silurians, is an American organization composed of veteran journalists based in New York City. It is one of the oldest press clubs in the country, and honors journalistic work about and w ...

and the

Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing is an association of business journalists. Originally founded as the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, in 2018, it changed its name "as part of a broader effort to embrace a ...

(SABEW),. She received the 2016 journalism award for consumer reporting from the

New York Press Club The New York Press Club, sometimes ''NYPC'', is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes journalism in the New York metropolitan area, New York City metropolitan area. It is unaffiliated with any government organization and abstains from ...

. The Connecticut Press Club selected ''Tales From The Boom-Boom Room'' for “Best Book of the Year” in 2002. The book was the

National Federation of Press Women The National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) is a United States–based organization of professional women and men pursuing careers in the field of communications, including electronic, broadcast and print journalism, public relations, marketing, a ...

2003 winner in the non-fiction book category. She received the “Excellence in Financial Journalism” award from the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants in 1996, and the “Women’s Leadership Award” from

Manhattanville College Manhattanville University is a private university in Purchase, New York, United States. Founded in 1841 as a school at 412 Houston Street in Lower Manhattan, it was initially known as the "Academy of the Sacred Heart". In 1917, the academy recei ...

. She has twice been a finalist for the prestigious

Gerald Loeb awards The Gerald Loeb Awards, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was e ...

for financial journalism, in 1997 and 1998.

False-light lawsuit

In 1994, Antilla wrote an article for the ''New York Times'' that repeated rumors spread by short-sellers suggesting Presstek Inc. chief executive officer Robert Howard was really a convicted felon named Howard Finkelstein. In an editors' note the next day, the ''Times'' said that there was no credible evidence to support the rumor and expressed regret for printing it. Howard sued in 1997, accusing Antilla of

defamation Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

and casting him in a

false light In US law, false light is a tort concerning privacy that is similar to the tort of defamation. The privacy laws in the United States include a non-public person's right to protection from publicity that creates an untrue or misleading imp ...

. The ''Times'' was not sued by Howard. The jury ruled in Howard's favor on the false light issue, but denied the defamation claim. In 2000 Antilla was ordered to pay damages of $480,000 to Howard. The court judgment was reversed by a federal appeals court in 2002. The judge
wrote
that “only a strained reading of the article” would result in a conclusion that Antilla had accused Howard of being Finkelstein.

Notes

External links

Official website
susanantilla.com
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