Oregon Media Insiders

Most talented newspeople don't jump to PR in their prime years unless there's a problem. My guess is Hilary is tired of working weekends and early mornings and late nights. That's tough on a mother. The other issue is most likely money. She's telling people that KPTV's offer was low... almost insulting... for the job she's expected to do. Think about it: Hilary's going into PR and will probably not make much money to start. Could she afford to make that decision if she was paid well at KPTV? I know some people on this blog don't like when salary and FOX12 are mentioned in the same sentence but the truth is they don't pay a lot of their people well enough to keep them. This is the 2nd talented on-air person to leave because of their paycheck. Patrick needs to open up his wallet a little bit if he wants to keep his best employees. He may be a great guy to work for (I don't know) but that doesn't pay the rent. Come on, KPTV - start spending some of that cash on the good people who brought you those high ratings!