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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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
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Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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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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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
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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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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
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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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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
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The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
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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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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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No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
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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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Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
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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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My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
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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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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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