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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
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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 interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.
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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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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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In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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