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"Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter."
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"When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with broadcasting, with telling stories about other people's exploits."
"Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week."
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"Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch."
"All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting."
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"Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved."
"Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter."
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