Interesting blog post about salaries in public radio
Ira Glass and his expanding franchise This American Life may be the hippest radio program on National Public Radio, but Glass only make $208,881. Robert Siegel, host of All Things Considered is the highest paid NPR personality, making $322,640 last year.
Check out this interesting article with information about pay equity at National Public Radio (NPR), and general tips for researching non-profit salaries.
The author poses some great questions, such as:
"Am I saying that public radio superstars and effective executives don’t deserve high salaries? Not exactly. It would be nice if the 990s provided some info on the lowest paid employees in an organization, so that potential donors could evaluate whether pay-equity principles are at work.
But the larger concern for donors to public radio stations should be, I think, where is the station putting its priorities? Do journalists or executives get higher salaries? By how much? What kind of journalism does the station invest the most money in? Coverage of stock markets or of social issues? What do you think of their choices?"
