Management Won’t Fix It
Why journalists are sharing their salaries. And why they previously shared their stories of sexual harassment.
Last week, a Google spreadsheet began circulating through the inboxes of the nation’s media employees. The spreadsheet—“Real Media Salaries”—listed the self-reported salaries of anonymous editors and journalists, noted along with the outlets where they work, their years of experience, and their race, sex, and gender identity. As of this writing, “Real Media Salaries” includes the self-reported pay of more than 1,400 media employees. The unverified numbers are collated in color-coded columns, making it easy to seek out disparities, to judge whether your salary seems fair in context. At a national newspaper, two employees with the same job
