The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.
My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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.
Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.