I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

I strongly believe that journalism is one of the most noble professions, because without an informed world, and without an informed society, we are weak, we are weak.

People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.

Mostly, as I said, a desire to do a bit of good, and the quaint notion that this is what we signed up for, this is the business that we have chosen.

Because I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, its true.

I do believe that is a template that I stick very strongly to to tell the truth in an increasing swelter of lies and misinformation and disinformation.

And then theres always the crying and the weeping that we hear-children, women, even men. And these images and these sounds are always with me.