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I developed an interest in supporting independent journalists in a way that leverages their work to the greatest extent possible, all in support of the public interest.

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.

Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War.

The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it.

My mother was married to one of the greatest newsmen of all times. CNN was built out of his idealism and his recognition that, in a global age, we needed greater understanding of the world around us.

My feelings towards the newspapers are very affectionate.

I've operated and launched newspapers all over the world.

My father was a newspaper editor, so I was surrounded by journalists my entire life. I think the fact that he was so well known may be why I chose to go into magazines and move to the States at a young age.

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.

In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.