She has written about business and finance since 1978, and was author of the Sunday “Wall Street” column at The New York Times. She also was a columnist for Bloomberg View and TheStreet.com. Antilla has headed the New York Bureau of the Money section of USA Today and the financial bureau of the Baltimore Sun. She began her career as a business writer at Dun’s Business Month, and has written for Bloomberg View, New York magazine, The Motley Fool, CNN.com, thestreet.com, Investopedia and The Scotsman. She has a master's degree in journalism from New York University.