Events Quotes by Jessica Savitch

The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.

— Jessica Savitch

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

— Jessica Savitch

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

— Jessica Savitch

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

— Jessica Savitch

I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.

— Jessica Savitch

The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.

— Jessica Savitch

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

— Jessica Savitch

Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.

— Jessica Savitch

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

— Jessica Savitch

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.

— 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,…

— Jessica Savitch

Television is intensely personal.

— Jessica Savitch