For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.
Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.
Men still control the news, both on and off camera.
Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.
The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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?
Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.
The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.
Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.
My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
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