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Amy Guth hosts talk radio on WGN Radio, is president of Association for Women Journalists Chicago. Guth founded and serves as Executive Director of the Chicago-based production company, Strangewaze, co-founded podcast network, Yak Channel, and is author of the novel “Three Fallen Women.”
She is currently producing and directing a documentary series about online harassment.
Officials: Raising minimum wage for many employees aims to address entrenched poverty, embody MLK's legacy By Amy Guth Shelby County Schools officials didn't need to look far to find the inspiration to propose increasing the minimum wage to $15 for many school district employees.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged, and blog posts and tweets are doing the virtual equivalent of gathering around the newly engaged couple to get a glimpse of - what else? - the ring.
What We Get Wrong When We Talk About Equal Pay Day For each dollar earned by the average white, male worker, white women are paid about 79 cents.
After the contentious US presidential election, in which it came to pass that Donald J. Trump would become the 45th President, action was alive anew, resistance palpable in the air and fresh on the lips of many.
This week on the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth takes on an issue affecting many of us in one way or another: mental health. Over 40 million Americans are directly affected by mental illness in 2017 and in honor of the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, Amy explores the stigmas, stereotypes and attitudes we have towards mental health.
On this edition of the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth takes on the tricky topic of truth, lies and the messy gray area in-between. As always Amy's got a series of experts that can shed some light on this complicated topic.
On tonight's edition of Saturday Night Special, Amy tackles the complex and far-reaching impact of media literacy and how we consume, analyze and comprehend the many media messages we receive every day. Luckily, Amy has a a full slate of guests to help deconstruct this massive topic.
By Amy Guth VProud, a social network built by Google and YouTube alumna Karen Cahn, designed for women to be able to talk freely without fear of trolling or other online harassment from men, recently celebrated its year anniversary. As recent coverage in the Chicago Tribune notes of troll culture: "It's a given that they're filled with vitriol.
On this edition of the Saturday Night Special with Amy Guth, Amy takes on the culture of "busyness" and the myriad of ways that staying constantly busy has affected our lives. As always, Amy enlists the help of a group of experts in order to find out why and how we got so slammed with activities.