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
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.
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
Being a novelty had its advantages.
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
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.
News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
Men still control the news, both on and off camera.
A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.
I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.