ProPublica Taking Heat Over Salaries

Our sister site Fishbowl NY created quite a stir after publishing the salaries of the online investigative outfit ProPublica. Paul Steiger, president and editor-in-chief of ProPublica, made $571,687 in salary, plus $13,430 in other compensation.

ProPublica does great work, but that’s some serious cash. Not surprisingly, the site is taking some heat from other, presumably less well-paid writers across the blogosphere.

Most brutal, also not surprisingly, was the eXiled:

The ProPublica “Investigative Journalism” Scam Revealed: Top Editor Earns Almost $600,000, Others Earn Big 6-Figures.

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