Chicago magazine\u2019s<\/a> list of \u201cThe 50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans.\u201d In 2013, she was named \u201cChicago\u2019s Funniest Media Personality\u201d by Laugh Factory Chicago.<\/p>\nHere is the text of Guth\u2019s note to staff:<\/strong><\/p>\nTeam:<\/em><\/p>\nIn my six years at the Tribune, I\u2019ve have the privilege of doing a wide range of things, and I am so appreciative of the variety of experiences and lessons I\u2019ve gained from each: from recruiting bloggers in the early days of ChicagoNow, building a digital presence for the books section and writing about the first generation of e-readers, having the honor of a Chicago Tribune byline, sharing my love of social media with over 1,000 colleagues across the company, experimenting with all the ways to weave digital into the many ways to commit an act of journalism, to napping on the floor during NATO. I\u2019ve had the opportunity to write, edit, react to breaking news, do radio, television, digital video, events, live-tweet, speak on panels, and most recently, lead the outstanding group of people who make up RedEye and Metromix.<\/em><\/p>\nIn the past several years, I\u2019ve also written a book, hosted radio on WGN, served as President of the Association for Women Journalists Chicago chapter, taught at University of Chicago\u2019s Graham School and served as a mentor-editor at The Op-Ed Project.<\/em><\/p>\nAll of this has whet my appetite for striking out on my own. I have more stories and books to write, videos to make, broadcasts to, uh, broadcast, and things to build. I plan to take time to write my second book, will continue to host radio on WGN-AM 720, continue to serve on the board of the Association for Women Journalists and work as a facilitator and mentor-editor at The Op-Ed Project.<\/em><\/p>\nGiven where RedEye and Metromix are in their evolution \u2014 the beautiful NGUX site for RedEye with a new app coming shortly, the beautiful RedEye video set, and the new site and app for Metromix \u2014 it\u2019s a good time to hand the reins to someone else.<\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s bittersweet to move on, but I\u2019ve learned so much from each of you, mentors both official and not, and will continue to be a huge fan of the work you do.<\/em><\/p>\n- Amy Guth<\/em><\/p>\nHere is the text of a note from Kathy Manilla, vice president of Chicago Tribune Media Group, to staff:<\/strong><\/p>\nTeam,<\/em><\/p>\nAfter six years with Chicago Tribune Media Group, our friend and colleague, Amy Guth, has decided to leave the Company to pursue her passions of writing, producing, and launching new initiatives. <\/em><\/p>\nIn her time here, Amy has put her heart in to building our brands and businesses. We thank her for her significant achievements \u2014 notably her digital acumen and innovative spirit \u2014 and stewardship in building the RedEye brand across all platforms. <\/em><\/p>\nAmy\u2019s direct reports \u2014 Kristen Samuelson, Jimmy Greenfield and Annie Ryan \u2014 will report to me in the interim. <\/em><\/p>\nWe wish Amy all the best and continued success as she launches her next venture. <\/em><\/p>\nKathy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amy Guth, one of the most prominent women in Chicago media, is quitting her day job to pursue on-air television ambitions and other projects. Guth announced Monday she voluntarily was resigning as general manager\/publisher of RedEye Chicago and Metromix, effective at the end of the week. No successor at the Tribune Publishing newspaper and website... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7685"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7691,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7685\/revisions\/7691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}