#u

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

#death #face #his #learned #man

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

— Jessica Savitch

#back #believing #brings #danger #earth

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

— Jessica Savitch

#controlled #entertainment #events #like #mapped

Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#been #form #good #grasp #managers

Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#delicate #delicate balance #gain #good #news

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

— Jessica Savitch

#center #exactly #focus #news

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#assembled #camera #entirely #group #had

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

— Jessica Savitch

#car #covering #explosion #far #most

How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#how #magazine #nbc #questionable #valuable

I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#covered #crime #hadn #how #i