Um..duh…

Here’s a quick lesson in Conflict of Interests 101. A reader writes into the New York Times asking if their op-ed columnists can take outside income, perhaps even from some other interested parties as well.
He quickly gets the bizniz from Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal.
To be frank, my first reaction was to take [...]

And why is this on here?

Here’s sort of a throw-away post, but during my daily perusal of Gawker (straight guys read that right? Right? I mean not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m sorry! Please come back! This parentheses thought is too long!), I found a new salary stat to add to … The List…
We hear that Julia [...]

You’ll still respect me in the morning, right?

I was going through the Romenesko blog today and found this interesting article from Editor & Publisher’s Joe Strupp. Basically it gets a lot of heavy hitters in the industry to chime in on the Dow Jones/Rupert Murdoch deal. It’s obviously been a hot topic among journalists given the status of the Wall Street Journal, [...]

And while we’re on blogs…

Here’s an interesting read from the Online Journalism Review about monetizing traffic. The part that really caught my attention, obviously, was the section on Nick Denton and Gawker’s complex payscale.
Gawker Media writers are on a freelance contract and get paid based on the number of posts, with possible bonuses for traffic performance. The kicker is, [...]

Freelance, shmeelance… Just blog, baby!

After briefly surfing around the net today, I came across this nice little find: Paula Neal Mooney compiled a pretty comprehensive list of bloggers and what they earn through the Internet.
The list contains some domainers, web masters, and other people making their bones on the Internet, but is mostly a list of bloggers. I’m not [...]

The List

Throughout the life of The Earnalist, we shall keep a running list of reported salaries of members in the media. We will link to our source material every time. If you find a discrepancy, please feel free to note it in the comments section, or contact us at Imabetterjournalistthanyou@fakeemail.com.
Here is the running list of media [...]

Ah yea…Make It Sprinkle…

Here’s a find from CollegeJournal (a publication from The Wall Street Journal) on the field of journalism. Here’s a quick glance:
# Daily newspapers: $26,000
# Weekly newspapers: $24,000
# Radio: $23,000
# Television: $23,500
# Cable television: $30,000
# Advertising: $28,000
# Public relations: $28,500
# Consumer magazines: $27,000
# Newsletters, trade publications: $28,000
# Web sites: $32,000
So, is this along the lines [...]

Right out of college and into retirement…

Here’s a VERY old article on what newbies in the field should be expecting in terms of salaries and benefits coming out of college. Yes, I know that it was last updated in 2000, but still…you know, it has some relevant points. It’s from the New Jersey Collegiate Press Association.
My favorite is the tip on [...]

Too broke to intern?

It’s a reasonable question. In this article, the Daily Bruin examines how taking an unpaid internship may actually be a cost too high for struggling college students.
I understand the article’s a little old, but then again, this blog is a little new…so…anyway…
In the piece, a few nice little gems are unearthed, including:
*The LA Times pays [...]

An oath of poverty…

Since the first day I began my career as a “journalist,” I’ve been told that if you’re in it for the money, journalism isn’t for you, and that once you pick up that pad and pen, you’ve taken an “oath of poverty.”After watching the journalistic integrity of most media outlets decay in the pursuit of [...]