Carolina Neurath
Swedish journalist and writer
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Anna Carolina Neurath (born 17 November 1985) is a Swedish journalist and writer. She specializes in writing business articles for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. In 2016 her first work of fiction, Fartblinda, was published.
17 November 1985
Carolina Neurath | |
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Neurath at a film premiere in Filmstaden in December 2012 | |
| Born | Anna Carolina Neurath 17 November 1985 Segeltorp, Huddinge, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University Poppius Journalistskola |
| Occupations | Journalist, writer |
Personal life
Neurath was born in 1985.[1][2] She studied journalism at the Stockholm University Department of Journalism, Media, and Communication (JMK) and then at Poppius Journalistskola.[3][4][5]
Career
Neurath began her career as a reporter for the business newspaper Dagens Industri. She served as an editor on the Placera.nu website.[1] In 2011, Neurath published Den stora bankhärvan: Finansparet Hagströmer och Qvibergs uppgång och fall, a book depicting the rise and fall of HQ Bank and the reasons for its failure.[8][9][10]
On 19 July 2013, Neurath made a guest appearance as a "Sommarpratare" ("Summer Presenter") in the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1.[11] She also participated in SVT's Sommarpratarna in October 2014.[12]
In 2014, Neurath released her second book, De svenska riskkapitalisterna (The Swedish Venture Capitalists), co-authored by Jan Almgren.[13][14][15] The same year, Neurath's history of acting became news when the low budget fan film Star Wars: Threads of Destiny premiered, including 2006 footage of Neurath as Princess Arianna Ad'lah.[16]
Her third book is her first work of fiction: a 2016 finance thriller called Fartblinda where a young female finance journalist attempts to uncover the business of shady financiers.[17] The rights for a TV series has been bought by FLX, a production company known for Felix Herngrens involvement.[18]
Awards
Neurath has received various awards for her work. In 2010, she and a Svenska Dagbladet colleague, Jacob Bursell, were presented with the Guldspaden journalism award in the Larger Newspapers category for their coverage of the Swedish auditing industry.[19]
In 2011, Neurath was nominated for a second Guldspaden award for her book Den stora bankhärvan: Finansparet Hagströmer och Qvibergs uppgång och fall, but did not win.[20][21]
The same year, Neurath was named one of "Sweden's Supertalents" by the newspaper Veckans Affärer; the Shortcut magazine included her on its list, "Årets uppstickare" ("Newcomer of the Year"). She was also named "Woman of the Year" by the newspaper Expressen.[22][23]
In 2012, Neurath was awarded the Stora Journalistpriset for her work on the interest rate map.[24] She was also named Sweden's best business journalist by the public relations firm Halvarsson & Halvarsson in their yearly review of the financial market.[25]
In July 2013, Neurath was given the title "Powermama" of the year by the magazine Mama.[26] Additionally, she was named one of the world's best investigative journalists by the international Monocle magazine.[27]
In 2014, Neurath was also awarded the Per Wendel-pris for her work in journalism, which came with a prize of 100,000 SEK.[28]
Works
- Den stora bankhärvan: finansparet Hagströmer och Qvibergs uppgång och fall Stockholm: Norstedt, 2011. Print. ISBN 9789113036984
- De svenska riskkapitalisterna: en berättelse om makt, pengar och hemligheter Stockholm: Norstedt, 2014. Print. ISBN 9789113055787
- Fartblinda Stockholm: Piratförlaget, 2016. Print. ISBN 9789164204752
