By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.
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.
Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.
One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
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.
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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.
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.