From a plane crash investigation . . . a star is born?

National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman likes the camera, and the camera likes her. And so in a media era when persona trumps nearly everything else, she has reporters lined up waiting to interview her before and after her daily briefings about the Asiana Airlines jetliner crash investigation. (Oh, and did we mention she’s campaigned hard behind the scenes to be the next Secretary of Transportation after Ray LaHood announced he’ll step down?) Chronicle