She was good for SNY, and vice versa. She is, I believe, much more than merely attractive.
Part of the picture however, for such young and energetic reporters is the errosion of audience, coupled with declining profits for the "old" or traditional media of the 1980's. Down-sizing and layoffs are all too common. The newer media have grabbed a significant audience share, even though often lacking a consistent business model to supply revenue.
A member of my family was an award-winning sports writer, who left his medium-market newspaper job to move to corporate web-based media. And the amount of his resultant salary increase wasn't at all mind-shaking, but he had been almost ridiculously underpaid. What I want my fellow BY'ers to know is that a first-year groundskeeper at your local park makes more per year than most of the reporters (sports and otherwise) at your local paper. I am not disparaging the groundskeeper, but instead seeking to provide a reference point. The situation in traditional broadcast industries is about as bad, or perhaps worse.
When we appear to be demanding or hypercritical about sports journalists, it might be well to remember that we are getting the quality we pay for, or in some cases much more quality than we pay for. In many ways, reporters like Kerith give us their quality as a gift. People of her skill and dedication are becoming scarce. That's one reason I appreciate her work.
