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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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Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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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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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
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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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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
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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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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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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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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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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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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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