When Luisa Baldini was assigned in 2011 to cover the high-profile Amanda Knox case — a global media event centred on the trial of an American student accused and then acquitted of murder – she faced a true crisis of confidence: she had to break the verdict live to a huge simulcast on both BBC News and BBC World Service, reaching millions of viewers around the globe from Perugia.

Internally, she was terrified, gripped by anxiety and the weight of the moment. Yet, on air, she maintained her composure, determined not to let her nerves show. The stress and intensity of the job landed her ill in bed for a week.

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