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About: Lara Logan ArchiveCurrent “About Lara Logan” page CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, a seasoned international reporter, was named Chief Foreign Correspondent for CBS News in February of 2006. She is widely viewed as an international rising star in war coverage and television news journalism. Logan’s bold reporting from war zones during the past 15 years has earned her a prominent spot among the world’s most highly regarded foreign correspondents. A correspondent for CBS News since 2002, Logan was a regular contributor to 60 Minutes II before she began reporting for 60 Minutes in 2005. She reports regularly for the CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer and periodically appears on The Early Show and Face The Nation.
Lara's impressive daily reports have been an integral part of CBS News coverage of the war in Iraq. Logan was the only American network journalist in Baghdad when American troops invaded the city, reporting live from Firdos Square as the statue of Saddam fell. Her reporting from the frontlines of Afghanistan and with the Green Berets searching for Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden appeared on 60 Minutes II, where Lara was a contributor from 2002 to 2004, and on the CBS Evening News, The Early Show and CBS News Radio, for which she served as a general assignment reporter. Her other 60 Minutes II reports include an interview with the King of Swaziland, who was being sued by the mother of a girl who was taken to be his 10th wife, and a report on legalized assisted suicide in Switzerland. Before formally joining CBS News in 2002, Logan already had 14 years of journalism experience, including 10 years in the international broadcast news arena. She served as a correspondent for GMTV, the weekday morning news program of Great Britain’s ITV (2000-02), and as a freelance correspondent for CBS News Radio, from which she occasionally appeared on the CBS Evening News. She reported on the war in Afghanistan, Middle East violence, the Mozambique floods, the land invasions in Zimbabwe and the India earthquake. From 1996 to 1999, she served in a variety of freelance assignments, included correspondent for ITN and Fox/SKY, assignment editor for CBS News and ABC News in London, and as editor/producer for NBC, CBS and the European Broadcast Union. Logan also served as a freelance correspondent for CNN (1998-99), covering the U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi and Tanzania, the conflict in Northern Ireland and the war in Kosovo, among other stories. She got her start in broadcast journalism in Africa as a senior producer for Reuters Television (1992-96). Logan began her career as a general news reporter for the Daily News (1990-92) and the Sunday Tribune (1988-89), both located in Durban, South Africa. Her work has earned her four American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Awards: in 2004 for Individual Achievement for Best Reporter/Correspondent; in 2003 for Best News Story for her CBS Evenign News report on the attempted assassination of Afghan President Hamid Kharzi; in 2002 for Best News Story for her CBS News Radio coverage of the war in Afghanistan; and in 2000 for Best News Story for her CBS News Radio coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lara Logan was born in Durban, South Africa and graduated from the city’s University of Natal in 1992 with a degree in commerce. She also holds a diploma in French language, culture and history from the Universite de L’Alliance Francaise in Paris. In addition to French, Logan speaks Afrikaans and basic Portuguese. She lives in London. Source: CBS News
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Lara Logan: Recent Streaming Video News Reports CBS News Report: Mideast Fighting Intensifies (approx. 3 minutes)
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