Bill aynard d omen mo eon. Therew an opening in Dalla, and Tin ley jumped on the oppor­ tunity. In 1978, Tinsley began anchoring Channel 4' 10 p.m. wee day ne and, within a year, as anchoring the 6 p.m. newscast ell. During eight years as an chorwoman in Dallas, Tinsley blished reputation a tough, steady and c pable reporter. I'm very competitive, and I'm very aggr ive professionally. If ere' a major tory, I ant to be involved in it," she . "I want to continue to grow profes­ sionally. DeC8llSe I'm Bla orbecau I'm a man ... ne s in the 960 , D Her s ories have cover d . de rang : an exp e' on drug smuggling in Te , coverage of e space shuttle Challenger dis­ aster, eries on pornogr phy, drug abuse mong doctors, presidenti 1 camp ign , the Statu of Liberty Celebration, n tional political convention d the Super Bowl. A Call for Help,· which de ailed the delay in sending emergency rvice for man's dying stepmother on her journ lism' pre tigious Peabody A rd. She Iso received the Alfred I. Du Pon - Columbi Ci tion, the Tex dline A d and the . ted Pr A d for Bes nve tigative