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News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
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San Diego
California
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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
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The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire the good news is that we got exclusive footage.
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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
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My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
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In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.
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You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
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Television is intensely personal.
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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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