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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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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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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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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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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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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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The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
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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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News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
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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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Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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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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