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I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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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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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
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Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
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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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The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
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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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My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
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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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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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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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Television is intensely personal.
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Men still control the news, both on and off camera.
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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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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
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