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Jessica Savitch

American Journalist

Born: Feb 1, 1947

Died: Oct 23, 1983

Had Me News Time Women You

Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison

News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute. Jessica Savitch

News You Events Wait Weather Minute Like Texas

The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus. Jessica Savitch

News Focus Anchor Exactly Center

Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience. Jessica Savitch

Best Will Sense Developed Audience Senators Many Play

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time. Jessica Savitch

Time Quality Women Air Adequate Given Seldom Were Assignments

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. Jessica Savitch

Sit Eat Road Go Anything Place Code

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. Jessica Savitch

Attitude Family You Conflict Focus Danger About Strongly Potential Except Never Biased Subject Refuse Hold Interest Your Assignment

Being a novelty had its advantages. Jessica Savitch

Had Advantages Being Novelty

The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying. Jessica Savitch

Saying You Listening Minute About Write Looks Were Your Viewers

The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer. Jessica Savitch

Better More Coverage Discriminating Viewer

Television is intensely personal. Jessica Savitch

Television Personal Intensely

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

Too Unattractive Attention Attractive Call Being Cannot Themselves

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows. Jessica Savitch

News Entertainment Events Out Like Nor Controlled Cannot Shows Mapped

My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl. Jessica Savitch

Job College Girl Most Dodge Regional Lucrative

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals. Jessica Savitch

Goals Moratorium Goal Current Place

Men still control the news, both on and off camera. Jessica Savitch

News Men Control On And Off Both Still Camera Off

It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort. Jessica Savitch

Me Marriage Unlike Joint Had Occurred Effort Same Requires Career

In real life, events seem much less dramatic. Jessica Savitch

Life Events Real Life Dramatic Seem Real Much Less

I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist. Jessica Savitch

Journalist Peers Considered Accepted Very Wanted Much Serious

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