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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.

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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
Journalist
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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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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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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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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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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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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The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
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