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
The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.
I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
Being a novelty had its advantages.
When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.