You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.
I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.
Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.