Reporters’ Roundtable: Following the Money in the 2011 Salary Survey

Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner and Larry Cohler-Esses to discuss our annual feature survey of the salary of the highest paid leaders of groups representing the Jewish community. They also talk about why the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee are not raising as much money as before. Finally, Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman phones in to discuss the latest appearances of Republican candidates at the Republican Jewish Coalition.
Why I became the Forward’s Editor-in-Chief
You are surely a friend of the Forward if you’re reading this. And so it’s with excitement and awe — of all that the Forward is, was, and will be — that I introduce myself to you as the Forward’s newest editor-in-chief.
And what a time to step into the leadership of this storied Jewish institution! For 129 years, the Forward has shaped and told the American Jewish story. I’m stepping in at an intense time for Jews the world over. We urgently need the Forward’s courageous, unflinching journalism — not only as a source of reliable information, but to provide inspiration, healing and hope.
