But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.
I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.
I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.
Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.
I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.
And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.
