In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.