Stacey Dooley

“I like eating everything in sight.”

“I love revisiting, actually. I went back to the Philippines. I've done three films in the Philippines.”

“I had no desire to go to Iraq. I never wanted to go to Mosul. I'm not a war correspondent. No part of me thrives on the adrenaline or anything like that.”

“I'm such a wimp.”

“My mum went above and beyond to make up for the fact I didn't have two parents. I was very lucky.”

“I never really had an opinion about the Al Muhajiroun; I didn't really know enough about them.”

“For me, shopping is a way to unwind.”

“I didn't collect my GCSEs. I didn't even do most of them.”

“I know some people believe impartiality is key, and it's necessary in some situations, but in others - if something is so fundamentally wrong, why do we have to make out we're impartial?”

“When I first arrived in Cambodia, I found it very buzzy and very happening. It seemed like quite a cool place, and everyone, tourists and locals, seemed to be in good spirits!”

“You have to put the extra hours in if you're not up to scratch with everyone else.”

“There are people who dismiss any ideas you have about helping, but anything has got to be better than doing absolutely nothing... hasn't it?”

“You have to keep time aside for life, which I haven't done enough over the past couple years.”

“The Democratic Republic of Congo was the most unbelievable place I have ever seen. Now, I'm not normally a massive fan of landscapes, but the country was just so so stunning!”

“Traditional news feels quite sanitised, quite statisticky. We're bombarded with images, but often, you don't see the human stories, or if you do, it's only for 60 seconds, max.”

“Whether you're a man or a woman - whatever your gender - if you're doing a job, and you're doing it well, you should be paid accordingly.”

“If I had tried to adopt the tone and vibe of other serious journalists, that would have come across as insincere, forced, and false.”

“When I was 18, I was working at Luton airport and spending all my money on going out and buying tops. I had no fears, no responsibilities.”

“The few pounds we spend for an item of clothing isn't the true cost - the real cost is the millions of gallons of clean water that was used to grow the fabric, or the millions of gallons of fresh water that was polluted with toxic chemicals to dye the clothes.”

“I have never met anyone who has worked harder than me.”