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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
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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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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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
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Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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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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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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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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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
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It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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