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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Stunning salaries at NPR

(Josh Gerstein): "As NPR announces layoffs and program cancellations to fix a $23 million budget hole (see here and here), it might be useful to consult the network's tax filings to see what the highest paid employees are/were making. The latest IRS Form 990 on NPR's Web site gives salaries for the year ending September 30, 2007.
  • Then-president of NPR Kevin Klose made $465,994 from the network and $151,375 from the NPR foundation for a total of $617,369.
  • Kenneth Stern, who served as CEO before leaving abruptly in March of this year, made $427,057.
The 2007 return showed 15 people at NPR with the title of vice president or senior vice president. Most made between about $190,000and $260,000. A page on NPR's Web site shows 14 current vice presidents. NPR reported its five highest paid employees were:
  • 1. Managing Editor Barbara Rehm, $383,1392.
  • 2. All Things Considered host Robert Siegel, $350,2883.
  • 3. Morning Edition host Renee Montagne, $332,160
  • 4. Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, $331,242
  • 5. Science reporter Richard Harris, $190,267.
The most eye-catching salary ever reported on an NPR tax form is probably the He hosted his last NPR show in April, five months before the end of the fiscal year, so the half-million dollar salary (presumably including some kind of severance)

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2 Comments:

  • The salary for Science reporter Richard Harris is wrong. That is the salary for Richard L. Harris, a former NPRer and ABC exec who came back to NPR a few years ago. I can assure you the science reporter Richard Harris makes significantly less.

    By Blogger Unknown, at 8:28 PM  

  • these salaries appear absurb - especially since they are partially upon the backs of individuals who can barely afford to contribute money - who approves such pilfering? Thank you for the posting.

    By Blogger wal, at 2:58 AM  

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