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Oct 25, 1983 · Jessica Savitch, the NBC television reporter who became one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast, was killed late Sunday night after the car she and a companion were in drove ...
Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders ...
- Television journalist
- Jessica Beth Savitch, February 1, 1947, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
- 1968–1983
- Ithaca College
Nov 28, 2023 · Celebrity. Features. What Really Happened to Jessica Savitch? In the 40 years since her death, the pioneering newscaster has become an Icarus-like parable, a woman who was punished for her outsize ...
- Justine Harman
Oct 18, 2013 · Remembering Jessica Savitch, 30 Years After Her Death. By Alissa Krinsky on Oct. 18, 2013 - 7:00 AM. In the early 1980s, with cable in its infancy and network anchors dominating the airwaves, one ...
- Alissa Krinsky
Oct 25, 1983 · October 25, 1983 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. Jessica Savitch, 35, an award-winning newswoman with the NBC network since 1977, drowned early yesterday after the car she was riding in plunged into the ...
Her sudden death put to rest all speculation about her career. Despite the downhill rush of her final days, Jessica Savitch was an important part of the changing face of television news and an icon of her time. sources: Blair, Gwenda. Almost Golden: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of Television News. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Devine ...
In 1972, Jessica Savitch returned to her home market of Philadelphia as a reporter for KYW-TV, Channel 3’s “Eyewitness News Team.” In Houston, her replacement was Linda Ellerbee. She once said: “When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.”
