Jessica Savitch

“You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.”

“Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.”

“The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.”

“Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.”

“Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.”

“I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?”

“Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.”

“One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.”

“News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.”

“My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.”

“The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.”

“Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.”

“The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.”

“The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.”

“Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.”

“Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.”