Lara Logan

Lara Logan
Lara Logan in 2013
Born	(1971-03-29) 29 March 1971 (age 45) Durban, South Africa
Education	Degree in commerce, 1992
Alma mater	University of Natal, Durban
Occupation	Journalist, since 1988
Employer	CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent (2006–present)
Spouse(s)	Jason Siemon (m. 1998) Joseph Burkett (m. 2008)
Awards	Radio & Television Association David Bloom Award, 2008 American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award, 2008, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2000 Association of International Broadcasters' Best International News Story Award, 2007 Emmy Award, Overseas Press Club Award, and a Murrow Award, 2008 Murrow Award for "Marines on Patrol in Afghanistan" 2010 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, 2011 John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award, 2011 Daniel Pearl Award, 2011
Website	CBS webpage

Lara Logan (born 29 March 1971) is a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. She is the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News and a correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes.

Logan was born in Durban, South Africa, and attended high school at Durban Girls' College. She graduated from the University of Natal in Durban in 1992 with a degree in commerce. She went on to earn a diploma in French language, culture and history at Alliance Française in Paris.

She married Jason Siemon, an Iowan playing professional basketball in the U.K., but the marriage ended in divorce. In 2008 she married Joseph Burkett, a U.S. government defense contractor from Texas, whom she had met years before in Afghanistan. They live in Washington, D.C., with their son Joseph (born December 2008) daughter Lola (born March 2010), and Burkett's daughter, Ashley, from a previous marriage.

Logan worked as a news reporter for the Sunday Tribune in Durban during her studies (1988–1989), then for the city's Daily News (1990–1992). In 1992 she joined Reuters Television in Africa, primarily as a senior producer. After four years she branched out into freelance journalism, obtaining assignments as a reporter and editor/producer with ITN and Fox/SKY, CBS News, ABC News (in London), NBC, and the European Broadcast Union. She also found work with CNN, reporting on incidents such as the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi and Tanzania, the conflict in Northern Ireland, and the Kosovo war.