Ontario’s sunshine list: Where is the money in journalism?

By Tamara Baluja

It's an oft-said phrase: Don't get into journalism if you want to make money. So J-Source combed through the Ontario Sunshine list* released on Friday to see if any journalist or those in a related field make salaries above $100,000. To qualify, this list is just for individuals who get their paycheques either indirectly or directly from the province.

By Tamara Baluja

It's an oft-said phrase: Don't get into journalism if you want to make money. So J-Source combed through the Ontario Sunshine list* released on Friday to see if any journalist or those in a related field make salaries above $100,000. To qualify, this list is just for individuals who get their paycheques either indirectly or directly from the province.

Steve Paikin, the host of TVO's The Agenda, tops the list with a salary of 302,622.32, followed by the show's executive producer Dan Dunsky with a salary of $150,272.00. Last year marked 20 years for Paikin with the Ontario public broadcaster. 

The rest of the list is populated with journalism professors, including Robert Steiner, the director of University of Toronto's fellowships in global journalism; Russell Mills Algonquin College's dean of media and design; and Charles Falzon, chair of Ryerson's Radio and Television Arts program. 

Check out the J-Source list here. 

*To create this list, J-Source searched for keywords such as journalism, media, broadcast, radio and television.