Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

Wesleyan University

Reporter, Private Equity at The Wall Street Journal

Reporter covering private equity firms, personalities and stakeholders, with a minor in bankruptcy and restructuring, for The Wall Street Journal's deals team.

The Wall Street Journal

Reporter, Private Equity

Reporter writing analysis and commentary about investing in media, telecom and retail companies for Heard on the Street column

Reporter, Heard on the Street

•Wrote weekly features, making a case for, or against, investment in a stock or sector, for Barrons.com and Barron’s magazine 
• Wrote daily morning feature “Barron’s Take” assessing the investment opportunities arising from a stock that is moving 
• Regularly filled in for stock-market and technology bloggers, writing 10 to 15 posts a day on breaking financial and economic news 
• Interviewed fund managers, economists and market watchers about investing strategies and economic outlooks for Q&A features  
• Wrote food and dining features for quarterly Penta section of Barron’s magazine

Barron's

Reporter

•Reported on investing, insurance, wine, travel and other personal finance topics for monthly magazine
•Wrote daily pre-market story and other features for SmartMoney.com

SmartMoney

Reporting Intern

• Reported on major Chicago companies like real estate group Jones Lang LaSalle, in addition to quirky start-ups; profiled top executives; covered annual meetings; contributed to small business section

Crain's Chicago Business

Freelance Writer

• Produced and reported breaking news and enterprise stories on city’s Olympic bid, FCC media ownership hearings, one in a series of youth shootings and more for daily newscast and news magazine program 
• Contributed to National Public Radio newscasts and BBC Radio programs

Chicago Public Radio

News Intern

• Wrote features on food and drinks; reviewed two Chicago-area restaurants per month, filed notes and descriptions for listings

Chicago Magazine

Freelance Food Writer, Dining Critic Chicago Magazine

• Wrote one to two magazine stories per month, analyzing strategy at Sears, American Airlines, Home Depot and more; examined Youngstown, Ohio’s use of prisons to grow its economy; explored business of art in story on restoration firm Botti Studio; exposed the ongoing swindle of investors by wrecked-gold-ship seeker Tommy Thompson 
• Won Society of Professional Journalists (Chicago) Peter Lisagor Award for business reporting for co-written story on shady sales tactics, labor relations and growth prospects at industrial laundry Cintas Corp.

Miriam Gottfried