Amy Guth

{{short description|American novelist}}

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|birth_place= Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.

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Amy Guth is an American radio host, writer and author, and publisher of Chicago Tribune daily publication, RedEye.

She was a reporter and digital editor for the Chicago Tribune's books section until February 2011, when the news organization named her as social media editor.{{cite news|url=http://bio.tribune.com/amyguth |title=Chicago Tribune bio |work=Chicago Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302005317/http://bio.tribune.com/amyguth |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }} In August 2013, Tribune Company tapped her to lead RedEye/Metromix Chicago.{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130828/NEWS06/130829784/redeye-metromix-get-new-general-manager|title="RedEye, Metromix get new general manager," Crain's Chicago Business}}{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/08/28/amy-guth-named-general-manager-of-redeye-metromix/|title="Amy Guth named general manager of RedEye, Metromix," Chicago Tribune | date=August 28, 2013}} She is host of a Tribune Company's AM news-talk station, WGN weekend talk show, "RedEye Remix",{{cite web|url=http://wgnradio.com/redeye-remix/ |title=WGNRadio.com - RedEye Remix}} after previous stints co-hosting "WGN Weekends with Alex and Amy" and "ChicagoNow Radio."{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/newsletter/chi-books-about-amy-guth,0,7554428.htmlstory |title=Amy Guth, digital news editor |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=December 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124234830/http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/newsletter/chi-books-about-amy-guth%2C0%2C7554428.htmlstory |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/alexamy |title=WGN Weekends with Alex and Amy |work=WGN Radio |access-date=December 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225105334/http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/alexamy/ |archive-date=December 25, 2010 }}

In 2013, Guth was named “Chicago’s Funniest Media Personality,” winning the contest hosted by the Laugh Factory Chicago.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5902425/ | title=Amy Guth | website=IMDb }}

Guth is author of the 2006 novel Three Fallen Women.{{cite web|url=http://www.sonewpublishing.com/catalog/three-fallen-women |title=Three Fallen Women by Amy Guth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726001047/http://www.sonewpublishing.com/catalog/three-fallen-women |archive-date=July 26, 2009 }}

Guth was involved in the debut season of Chicago Live!, interviewing guests for the live stage production and radio broadcast including Scott Turow.{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-tribune-chicago-live-christopher-piatt-paper-machete/Content?oid=2774423|title=That's Journotainment!|work=Chicago Reader}}

In 2014, media critic Robert Feder named her among the top ten most powerful women in Chicago media.{{cite news|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/05/02/the-most-powerful-women-in-chicago-journalism-2014-edition/|title=The most powerful women in Chicago journalism: 2014 edition|work=robertfeder.com}}