In real life, events seem much less dramatic.

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.

I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.

I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?

Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

Men still control the news, both on and off camera.

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.