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Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
Jessica Savitch
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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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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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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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Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
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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 relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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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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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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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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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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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
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I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
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