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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
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News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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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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News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
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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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Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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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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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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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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