Lara Logan

South African television and radio journalist, and war correspondent · South Africa · Journalists · Born 1971 · age 55

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Lara Logan is a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. Her career began with various South African news organizations in the 1990s.

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2022“And they may think that they're going to become gods.”In their words20 October 2022Interview with Eric Bolling on Newsmax (October 20, 2022), as reported by The Hill and The Guardian (October 21, 2022)Read the whole statement

2020“When someone says I was merely groped, I don't forget. And I don't forgive / that the truth would be adjusted and then rewritten over time and eventually lost.”In their words15 April 2020 interview with Newsmax quoted by People MagazineRead the whole statement

2017Emmy AwardAward2011“You only have your word The physical wounds heal. You don’t carry around the evidence the way you would if you had lost your leg or your arm in Afghanistan.”In their words28 April 2011 interview with Briant Stelter in New York Times articleRead the whole statement

Daniel Pearl FoundationAwardNational Press ClubAward2010Edward Murrow AwardAward2009Great Immigrants AwardAward2008Edward Murrow AwardAward2007Radio and Television Correspondents' AssociationAward2006Overseas Press ClubAward2004Gracie AwardsAward1971Born29 March 1971

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Logan interviewing General Norton A. Schwartz, April 2009

In their own words 5

Lara Logan

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And they may think that they're going to become gods.
Oct 20, 2022, Interview with Eric Bolling on Newsmax (October 20, 2022), as reported by The Hill and The Guardian (October 21, 2022), Own words
When someone says I was merely groped, I don't forget. And I don't forgive / that the truth would be adjusted and then rewritten over time and eventually lost.
Apr 15, 2020, 15 April 2020 interview with Newsmax quoted by People Magazine, Own words
You only have your word The physical wounds heal. You don’t carry around the evidence the way you would if you had lost your leg or your arm in Afghanistan.
Apr 28, 2011, 28 April 2011 interview with Briant Stelter in New York Times article, Own words

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Awards

Emmy Award2017

Daniel Pearl Foundation2011

National Press Club2011

Edward Murrow Award2010

Great Immigrants Award2009

Edward Murrow Award2008

Radio and Television Correspondents' Association2007

Overseas Press Club2006

Gracie Awards2004

John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award

About this person

Lara Logan is a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. Her career began with various South African news organizations in the 1990s. Her public profile rose due to her reports on the American invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, leading to her being hired as a correspondent for CBS News in 2002 and eventually becoming the service's Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent.

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South Africa

In common with Lara

Anna PolitkovskayaBoth received John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award

Ed BradleyBoth received Edward Murrow Award

Morley SaferBoth received Overseas Press Club

Akbar GanjiBoth received John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award

Niloofar HamediBoth received John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award

Lasantha WickrematungeBoth received John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award

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