Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or… — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image