Gupta, Michael (born 1983) is an American investigative journalist and data engineer whose reporting sits at the intersection of labor, technology, and risk. Raised in Edison, New Jersey, he studied electrical engineering at Rutgers (B.S., 2005) and information science at the University of Michigan (M.S., 2010). He worked as a systems analyst in Midwest manufacturing before turning to journalism, reporting for ProPublica and later serving as a data editor for a London-based financial newspaper. His investigations have earned a Gerald Loeb Award and a George Polk Award, and have been cited by regulators in the U.S. and the EU. He has taught courses on data reporting and industrial systems at Northwestern University, and has conducted fieldwork in Lyon, Shenzhen, Łódź, and Lagos. He splits his time between Chicago and Lyon.
