Comments on: Which WaPo Writers Are Pulling in $230K?

By: wapofriend

wapofriend — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:07:25 +0000

Bart Gellman has been at the Post 19 years but his age is probably closer to 47-48, but of course one of other variables (ie, Kornheiser or Wilborn) may be off.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:52:23 +0000

Let's do the math.

If the first two are Kornheiser and Wilbon... Kornheiser is 59 and has been there 29 years. Wilbon is 49 and has been there 28 years too.

That means the third guy is a 42-year-old white male who has been there 19 years--which would presumably be since an intern.

By: wapofriend

wapofriend — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:30:14 +0000

oops, didn't know that. Shales had been one of the highest paid folks.

By: hmm

hmm — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:40:31 +0000

Shales took a buyout when one was offered a couple of years ago, and has been on contract since then. It seems unlikely to be him.

By: wapofriend

wapofriend — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:09:15 +0000

an addendum: it is unclear if this list includes "associate editors," a category that includes senior former editors such as Robert Kaiser, Karen DeYoung, Jim Hoagland and David Maraniss. You never really take a cut in pay when you step down from management at the Post, so many of these higher salaries could reflect this group.

By: wapofriend

wapofriend — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:56:24 +0000

There are good clues in the breakdown by age/sex/ethnicity provided by the union. The three include one black and two whites, and all three are men. The three have an average age of 50.1 years and have spent an average of 25.3 years at The Post.

My money is on Tom Shales, Dan Balz and Michael Wilborn

By: wapo

wapo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:11:32 +0000

Kornheiser is gone and Ignatius is exempt and therefore his salary's not on that list. Try Anthony Shadid or Gene Weingarten.

By: exwapo

exwapo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:40:14 +0000

i'd bet david ignatius

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:00:13 +0000

Dana Priest. She's the Midas of Post journalism - everything she touches is gold.