Quotes by Jessica Savitch

About Jessica Savitch:

Jessica Beth Savitch was an American television broadcaster and news reporter, host of PBS's Frontline and New York weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News during the short-lived Roger Mudd/Tom Brokaw era.
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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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How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.

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Being a novelty had its advantages.

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A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.

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

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Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

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Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.

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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.

Jessica Savitch

In every interview I have ever read or seen or taken part in, the final question in our future-oriented society is always, What next?

Jessica Savitch

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

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In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.

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

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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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For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

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

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

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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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Author Bio

  • NameJessica Savitch
  • DescriptionAmerican TV news reporter
  • BornFebruary 1, 1947
  • DiedOctober 23, 1983
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist