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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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News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat if there is a place to sit, sit if there is a restroom, go.
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In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
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Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
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The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
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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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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
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My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
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Television is intensely personal.
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Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.
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Men still control the news, both on and off camera.
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Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.
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The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
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Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
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News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
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Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
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