For some reason I was motivated tonight to try Googling on Jennifer McNamara and see if I could find out more details about her and the circumstances of her death.
There waasn't much reported. It wasn't much more than a squib in the Daily News covering two pedestrian traffic fatalities at different spots on Seventh Avenue in the same night. Hers was at Seventh and 50th, a block from 30 Rock. A garbage truck was making a right turn and the driver said he never saw her in the crosswalk.
But that's not all I found. I also found a blog published by a friend of hers, who also felt the news reports of her death were sadly brief. You can find it here, if you want to learn more about the person:
http://superficialpoet.blogspot.com/One thing you'll learn is that she was pretty popular at MSNBC, and the people who worked with her all liked her a great deal.
You'll also learn that she was planning to participate in New York's AIDS Walk this May, and that a group of her friends has now decided to participate in that walk as a team in her memory. There's a link within the blog for those who want to donate to her team. I did. Maybe you will want to also.