International Affairs Editor for ITV News Rageh Omaar discussed working in war zones and keeping safe in hostile environments at the RTS Student Masterclasses 2019.
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Why he wanted to be a journalist: I was born in Somalia where my father was part of the independence movement and a businessman who spent a lot of time in the UK. He moved us to the UK where I was educated.
Around our kitchen table we’d discuss what was happening in the world. That was where I first became interested in international news and the day’s big issues such as apartheid and Nelson Mandela and revolutions in the Middle East.
