Jessica Savitch
Jessica Savitch
Jessica Beth Savitchwas an American television news presenter 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. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network news broadcast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs documentary program Frontline from its January 1983 debut...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth1 February 1947
CityKennett Square, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Jessica Savitch quotes about
A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.
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?
I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat; if there is a place to sit, sit; if there is a restroom, go.
My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.