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.

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

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.

In real life, events seem much less dramatic.

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

Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.

The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.