Since we’re talking about pay on #InternationalWomensDay my best pay disparity story comes from the NY Observer. When I was editor in chief, my salary was $125k. I’m told that my successor Ken Kurson (who you may remember from his presidential pardon re: cyberstalking) made $350k
And even then I had far more journalism experience than Ken. And frankly, I’m a far better editor. Though like this, that’s not really a high bar: google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…
*with things like this
And to add insult to injury, Ken came into the NYO as a consultant after I resigned, but was still there because I’d agreed to stay a bit longer to help transition. I told him everyone was underpaid, including me.
He asked me what I made, and when I told him, he suggested that my salary was actually high for an editor in chief in NYC. Just pure gaslighting. I laughed and said that was ridiculous.
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