Jessica Savitch

Jessica Savitch was an American television journalist and NBC News anchor who became one of the first women to anchor a major network’s evening newscast.

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Barbara Walters: Barbara Walters was an American broadcast journalist and the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. network evening newscast. Walters and Savitch were prominent women journalists in network television during the same era.
WPSX-TV: WPSX-TV was a public television station serving central Pennsylvania, now known as WPSU-TV. Savitch began her television career at the station while studying at Pennsylvania State University.
Women in journalism: Women in journalism are women who report, edit, produce, or lead news organizations. Savitch’s network role became part of a broader shift in women’s access to prominent reporting jobs.
Watergate scandal: The Watergate scandal was a U.S. political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974. Savitch reported on the scandal while working in Philadelphia television news.
John Chancellor: John Chancellor was an American journalist and NBC News anchor who co-anchored the network’s evening newscast. Chancellor was Savitch’s co-anchor on NBC Nightly News.
KYW-TV: KYW-TV is a television station serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, affiliated with NBC. Savitch became a well-known local reporter and anchor at KYW-TV.
Television news: Television news is the gathering and broadcasting of news through television. Her career illustrates the demands and public visibility of national television journalism.
1976 United States presidential election: The 1976 United States presidential election was won by Democrat Jimmy Carter over Republican Gerald Ford. Savitch’s coverage of the election was among the reporting that raised her national profile.
Tom Brokaw: Tom Brokaw is an American journalist who anchored NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. Brokaw succeeded Savitch and Chancellor as the program’s principal anchor.
Pennsylvania State University: Pennsylvania State University is a public research university in Pennsylvania. Savitch studied broadcast journalism there before entering television news.