I can understand that collaborating with Felt wouldn't interest Woodward.
This piece seems a little odd to me. Why would "The Killing Fields" guy give a hoot about Mark Felt? Why should Felt's hippie daughter get more money out of this?
No, I think he is raising what he genuinely believes to be a very valid question and a timely issue for journalists - if your big career break comes as a result of an association with Person X, does Person X deserve to share in your mega-millions resulting from that story? Woodward obviously doesn't think so, but Felt's grandchildren -- who want to pay their college bills would disagree with Woodward.
Although taking that one step further - since the Runaway Bride's story would not have existed without the input and work of various law enforcement and public servants, should she hand over some of her half million to that city? I know she paid some restitution, but now she seems to have hit the jackpot. What if the response of the city had been, instead, so what, she ran away, and we're not looking for her. Maybe that's a stretch here, but maybe not. I feel the city workers and others who looked for her are more deserving of that money.