The Ticker: WaPo, Al, UWire…

> FishbowlNY highlights some of Slate’s picks for the executive editor position vacated by Len Downie. Two choices? A current tvnewser, political director Chuck Todd of NBC/MSNBC, and the former TVNewser, Brian Stelter.

> Jo Piazza of the New York Daily News hears Al Reynolds, “is shopping his first television interview to the highest bidder.” One problem — he’s looking for “a six-figure deal” to dish on Star Jones, but “no one wants to pay for it.”

> UWire, a site for college journalism content, has named their top 100 best student journalists in the country. Some notable future tvnewsers — Jordanna Lippe of Current TV, Allison Yang of ThePalestra.com, and Eric Kuhn, consultant for CBSNews.com, who Tammy Haddad calls, “the most creative, young person that came through MSNBC.”

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