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> [The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/the-most-important-event-i-covered-was-the-panama-canal-debate-which/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

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## More by Jessica Savitch

> [The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/the-news-anchor-is-exactly-that-an-anchor-a-center-a-focus/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/every-time-i-am-in-danger-of-believing-the-glamour-of-my-own-press/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can-newscasts-be-mapped-out-like/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/my-goal-was-to-be-a-network-correspondent-by-the-time-i-was-30/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/i-have-had-a-lifelong-phobia-of-snakes/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/the-better-the-coverage-the-more-discriminating-the-viewer/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/by-far-my-most-perilous-assignment-was-covering-a-tank-car-explosion/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/our-free-enterprise-system-of-disseminating-information-is/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/a-press-card-does-not-provide-you-with-an-invisible-shield-you-re/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/in-the-beginning-my-mother-humored-me-when-i-told-her-i-wanted-to-be/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/in-interviews-i-gave-early-on-in-my-career-i-was-quoted-as-saying-it/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [Television is intensely personal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/television-is-intensely-personal/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/anyone-who-writes-an-autobiographical-work-at-the-age-of-34-is-at/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/when-i-first-anchored-in-1970-i-had-never-seen-a-woman-anchor-a-news/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

> [Being a novelty had its advantages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/being-a-novelty-had-its-advantages/)

[Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/)

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