{"id":6624,"date":"2026-06-24T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/dianna-russinis-nyt-salary-before-she-lost-her-job-over-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-revealed-report\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:57:01","slug":"dianna-russinis-nyt-salary-before-she-lost-her-job-over-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-revealed-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/dianna-russinis-nyt-salary-before-she-lost-her-job-over-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-revealed-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Dianna Russini\u2019s NYT salary before she lost her job over Mike Vrabel photo scandal revealed: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132060160.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/who-is-sports-journalist-dianna-russini\/\">Dianna Russini<\/a> was bringing home the bacon.<\/p>\n<p>The sports reporter was paid an annual salary of $800,000 working for the New York Times before she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/14\/entertainment\/nfl-reporter-dianna-russini-resigns-from-the-athletic-after-photos-with-mike-vrabel\/\">lost her job over the Mike Vrabel scandal<\/a>, a former manager who had knowledge of Russini\u2019s income <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/24\/nyregion\/dianna-russini-mike-vrabel-athletic-new-york-times.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the newspaper<\/a> in a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Russini was one of the highest-paid journalists at the Athletic, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/06\/new-york-times-to-buy-sports-website-the-athletic-for-550-million-report\/\">purchased by the Times in 2022 for $550 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Dianna Russini\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAt the time the story broke, The Athletic was in discussions with Ms. Russini about renewing her contract, which was set to expire at the end of June,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The New England Patriots head coach and the sportscaster \u2014 who are both married to other people \u2014 denied anything romantic was going on between them and insisted they were joined by other friends at the resort, despite eyewitnesses disputing their claims.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page SIx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page SIx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Charles Krupa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russini was subsequently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/10\/entertainment\/dianna-russini-sidelined-by-new-york-times-after-internal-investigation-into-bombshell-mike-vrabel-photos-raised-additional-concerns\/\">sidelined by the New York Times<\/a>\u00a0and later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/14\/entertainment\/nfl-reporter-dianna-russini-resigns-from-the-athletic-after-photos-with-mike-vrabel\/\">resigned from her position as senior NFL insider<\/a>\u00a0at the Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>Vrabel then announced that he would be skipping Day 3 of the 2026 NFL Draft to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/23\/celebrity-news\/mike-vrabel-seeking-counseling-after-dianna-russini-photo-drama\/\">seek counseling<\/a>\u00a0and focus on family and personal matters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Mike Vrabel\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Mike was\u00a0already married to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/who-is-jen-mike-vrabel-wife\/\">his wife, Jen Vrabel<\/a>, while Russini was slated to exchange vows with her now-husband,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/who-is-kevin-goldschmidt-dianna-russini-husband\/\">Shake Shack executive Kevin Goldschmidt<\/a>, just six months later.<\/p>\n<p>Russini\u00a0then <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/23\/celebrity-news\/dianna-russini-deletes-twitter-account\/\">deleted her social media accounts<\/a>\u00a0and Mike and his wife had an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/29\/celebrity-news\/inside-mike-vrabels-24-hour-emergency-marriage-summit-after-dianna-russini-photo-scandal\/\">emergency 24-hour marriage summit<\/a>\u00a0in Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p>As of this month, the NYT investigation into Russini\u2019s affair is <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/07\/celebrity-news\/nyt-investigation-into-dianna-russini-still-not-finished-2-months-after-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-causing-staff-unrest\/\">still ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/24\/celebrity-news\/dianna-russinis-nyt-salary-before-she-lost-her-job-over-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-revealed-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dianna Russini was bringing home the bacon. The sports reporter was paid an annual salary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132060160.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}