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Jessica Savitch Broadcast journalist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 1947
  • Died: Oct 23, 1983

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.

I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

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

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?

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.

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

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

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

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

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

The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.

What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?

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

A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.