President and Founding Member of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) - a global organization dedicated to journalists' safety.
Worked for 25 years with the BBC as Head of Newsgathering before joining CNN in April 1996.
Was in the Iran Embassy in London in 1980 when it was taken over by terrorists. He feigned illness and was released giving him the ability to inform authorities about the number of terrorists & the layout of the building.