To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.
The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.
The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.
The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.
The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
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.
The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.
Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
Television is intensely personal.
Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.
Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
