What's the best part of your job?
Being there while history is made and communicating it to millions of
people round the world. It never stops being exciting.
And the worst?
Waiting in airports.
Your all-time favourite film and why?
All the President's Men. It gets to the heart of what great journalism
is all about.
Favourite book or CD?
Verdi's German Requiem.
Favourite print title?
No favourites - I read every newspaper and journal I can get my hands on
from anywhere in the world.
Favourite restaurant?
Home - I don't get to eat there very often.
Do you have a favourite gadget?
Combined laptop/camera/PDA/mobile phone - mine's on the way.
Favourite fashion designer?
I'm still waiting for someone to come up with perfect crease-free
clothing for long-distance trips.
Weirdest thing in your closet?
CBRN (gas) mask.
What are your hobbies?
New technology and sleeping a good night's sleep.
Favourite holiday destination?
Top secret - it would spoil the wonder of it if anyone else knew.
Who would play you in a movie?
Martin Sheen.
How would you title your movie?
Digital decisiveness.
If you were a brand, what would it be?
Sorry, but it's the truth: I'm BBC World through and through.
All-time favourite ad?
FCUK; French Connection's current UK campaign.
Please finish this line: I wish I could...
Make the military and governments realise that journalists have a right
and duty to report. They should not be shot.
Last thing to cross your mind before bed?
Trying to work out what news might develop overnight, then which country
I'm going to be in tomorrow. I am always asleep before I know the
answer.