3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch 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.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can’t grow old in television news.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch Women didn’t want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands’ diverted attention.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.
3 December 2020 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?
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man’s face right after he has learned of his wife’s death?
3 December 2020 Jessica Savitch 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.