News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows. — Jessica Savitch
News reporting is a cycle: no matter how much you work at sending a message, it’s only successful if it’s received. — Jessica Savitch
Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive. — Jessica Savitch
One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors. — Jessica Savitch
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as the media. But there is no collective. — Jessica Savitch
Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form. — Jessica Savitch
The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage. — Jessica Savitch
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. — Jessica Savitch
The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can’t grow old in television news. — Jessica Savitch
The most important event I covered was the panama canal debate, which dragged on for months. — Jessica Savitch
Walking into a room filled with people you don’t know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities. — Jessica Savitch
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
When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say — Jessica Savitch
Women didn’t want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands’ diverted attention. — Jessica Savitch