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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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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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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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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
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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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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
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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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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
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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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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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Men still control the news, both on and off camera.
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