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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
Journalist
News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
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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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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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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
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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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I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
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