Shelling Out the Big Bucks at ProPublica

In October 2007, Paul Steiger told The Observer that he wanted to use a Wall Street Journal pay model to recruit staffers to his fledgling nonprofit, ProPublica.

“I’m prepared to spend $200,000 on the exact right person, but if the exact right person isn’t there, then I’ll get three people at $60,000,” Read More

Softball!

Robert Thomson Comes to the Plate!

Wall Street Journal editor Robert Thomson played softball this weekend in Central Park. He got a clean single up the middle. He also scored a run.  According to an internal Journal email, the game was rather lopsided: The Journal defeated Bloomberg 26-1.

Here’s the recap:

From: Ng, Serena
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 3:06 Read More