The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.

Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

Being a novelty had its advantages.

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.

I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.

Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.

My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.

My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.

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.

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.

Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.

The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.