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D.C.’s Finest Redskins Reporter Is About To Hit The Open Market

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Jamie Mottram
March 19, 2013

The Washington Examiner is ceasing to exist in its current form, which is a bummer, but the only way it affects me personally is it means John Keim will be out of a job, however temporarily. Keim, you see, is probably the best Redskins reporter going, and someone (the Post? CSN? 980?) should scoop him up immediately.

Don’t just take my word for it, though — read the series of tweets Keim published to share and react to the news. The man speaks for himself.

I can’t thank everyone directly for the kind words so I’ll do it in a couple tweets. 1st, the news: We are going out of business on June 14.

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

Second: I will be covering the Redskins until that time like I always have. There won’t be any drop-off.

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

Third: Life takes you in different directions sometimes. You must embrace new journeys. Don’t feel bad for me; I will be fine.

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

Fourth: I enjoy covering the Redskins for a passionate fan base. And in this market. It makes you so much better and I’m grateful for that.

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

Fifth: I’ve picked up more than 30 twitter followers since they announced we were going out of business. So I have that going for me.

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

I have been privileged to work against, alongside and with many, many talented people. I have learned from them all. I love this market

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

Finally, my colleagues at the Examiner — 2 many to mention — have busted their butts.4 a while I hope we made a difference. We tried man

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

And my dog still licked my face when I came home…I just wish he hadn’t tried to hump me too.

— John Keim (@john_keim) March 19, 2013

Well done, John.

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Jamie Mottram

D.C. sports fan and digital media guy that's been doing this since 2004. Once threw a football further than Chris Cooley.

5 Comments

SKfromDCtoNC

March 19, 2013 at 9:58 PM

I don’t comment often, but when I do? I really mean it. – keim’s work will really be missed – sincerely hope someone in the area picks him up to keep his skills local

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D. Fox

March 19, 2013 at 10:02 PM

Keim’s film breakdown days after the game, gives unmatched analysis in this market. If a player struggles, he will call them out, but in a fair and constructive way. WaPo could seemingly save their Skins coverage and relationship with the team just by adding him.

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Jules

March 19, 2013 at 10:14 PM

I really hope Keim will be picked up somewhere locally asap. I hope he would go to WaPo to even further improve their coverage but I fear that all coverage other than sports is going to be the end of WaPo especially with the paywall.

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Illformula

March 19, 2013 at 11:19 PM

Isn’t Fox starting a television outlet to challenge ESPN? If they want to be everything ESPN isn’t, they should start by hiring Keim.

I’m sure he would loathe sitting next to Erin Andrews.

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Ketel on Rocks

March 20, 2013 at 9:11 AM

He has the best analytics locally, and it isn’t even close. His takeaways are must-read monday morning material.

Considering some of the deadweight the Post carries on their staff, they would be fools not to bring him into the fold. Unfortunately, management there doesn’t seem to be the most prescient.

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