Lisa Ling |
Journalist, Author, Correspondent, National Geographic Explorer |
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| Gender:Female
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Asian, Diversity
Broadcast Media
Celebrity
Children / Family
Civil Rights
Diversity
Empowerment
Environment
Ethics
Human Rights
International Affairs
Journalist
Lifestyle
Media
National Issues
Sociology
Travel
Women
Women's Health
Women's Leadership
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| Journalist Lisa Ling travels around the world, bringing attention to stories that often go unreported. As the field correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and contributor to ABC News' Nightline and National Geographic's Explorer, Ling reported from dozens of countries, covering stories ranging from gang rape in the Congo and bride burning in India to the treatment of animals on farms here in the United States. Ling got her start as a correspondent for Channel One News, where she covered the civil war in Afghanistan at only 21 years of age. She later went to become a co-host of ABC Daytime's hit show The View, which won its first daytime Emmy during her time at the show. As the first woman host of National Geographic's Explorer, Ling has covered war-torn Iraq, investigated the increasingly deadly drug war in Colombia, and examined the complex issues surrounding China's one-child policy. Ling was also a special correspondent for CNN's Planet in Peril series and is a contributing editor for USA Today's USA Weekend magazine. She is the co-author of "Mother, Sister, Daughter, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood," and "Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and The Other's Fight to Bring Her Home", that she penned with her sister Laura. Ling is the co-founder of iVolunteer.org and secretsocietyofwomen.com and is now host of her own series on the new channel OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network called "Our America with Lisa Ling." |
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