Dianna Russini had reached the top of sports journalism, a face of The Athletic, one of the highest-paid reporters at the entire New York Times Company, reportedly pulling in close to $800,000 a year.
Then came a set of photos from a luxury resort in Sedona, Arizona, and within a week, all of it was gone.
A new Times feature has laid bare just how much Russini had built, and just how fast it unravelled.
The numbers are eye-watering, but it's the timing, a contract renewal mid-negotiation, a career on the rise, that makes this story sting that much more.How much was Dianna Russini actually earning?The figure is hard to ignore.
According to a former manager with direct knowledge of her salary talks, The Athletic paid Russini close to $800,000 annually, reportedly making her one of the highest-paid journalists across the entire Times Company, not just within sports.
