Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.
The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.
Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
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.