Lisa Ling said that she was “devastated” to learn that CBS Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob in Egypt.
“When I first heard the story, I was devastated,” Ling said on Wednesday’s The Wendy Williams Show. The 37-year-old journalist’s show, Our America with Lisa Ling, premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network on Wednesday night.
Logan, who was covering the Egyptian protests, was attacked on Feb. 11 in Cairo’s Tahrir Square after she became separated from her crew by a frenzied mob of more than 200 people, according to CBS News.
“I have never met her, but she does incredible work and I wish her and her family well, and hope that she comes back strong because her work is really unique,” Ling said. “She’s a very courageous woman and I wish her well.”
The 39-year-old journalist, who left the hospital to return home on Tuesday, has reported from war zones for the last 18 years.
“I don’t think people recognize the risks that some journalists take. We all take security precautions very seriously, but sometimes when you’re out there you just don’t know what could happen,” Ling said.
Logan, like Ling, is a journalist in a field that has its risks when on-site reporting can go terribly wrong.
Ling’s younger sister Laura, who is also a journalist, was held captive in North Korea for five months with her colleague Euna Lee in 2009 before former President Bill Clinton brought them back home to the United States.
“When I first heard the story, I was devastated,” Ling said on Wednesday’s The Wendy Williams Show. The 37-year-old journalist’s show, Our America with Lisa Ling, premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network on Wednesday night.
Logan, who was covering the Egyptian protests, was attacked on Feb. 11 in Cairo’s Tahrir Square after she became separated from her crew by a frenzied mob of more than 200 people, according to CBS News.
“I have never met her, but she does incredible work and I wish her and her family well, and hope that she comes back strong because her work is really unique,” Ling said. “She’s a very courageous woman and I wish her well.”
The 39-year-old journalist, who left the hospital to return home on Tuesday, has reported from war zones for the last 18 years.
“I don’t think people recognize the risks that some journalists take. We all take security precautions very seriously, but sometimes when you’re out there you just don’t know what could happen,” Ling said.
Logan, like Ling, is a journalist in a field that has its risks when on-site reporting can go terribly wrong.
Ling’s younger sister Laura, who is also a journalist, was held captive in North Korea for five months with her colleague Euna Lee in 2009 before former President Bill Clinton brought them back home to the United States.
