The Courage to Seek Truth
Jessica Beth Savitch was an American television broadcaster and correspondent, best known for being the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily presenter of NBC News updates during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Television Broadcaster, Correspondent | American
Born: 1947-02-01 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: October 23, 1983 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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.
Jessica Savitch
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Jessica Savitch
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
Jessica Savitch
The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.
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
I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
Jessica Savitch
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
Jessica Savitch
Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
Jessica Savitch
A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
Jessica Savitch
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
Jessica Savitch
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
Jessica Savitch
The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.
Jessica Savitch
For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.
Jessica Savitch