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By Logan's standard of journalism, she explained, the accurate but unflattering quotes in the article violated an "unspoken agreement" between reporters and interview subjects, because subjects need to know they will not be "blindsided" by having their quotes published. Later gained notoriety for filing a 2013 <i>60 Minutes</i> report on the Benghazi attacks, citing a quickly-debunked eyewitness who was not actually there during the attack.<p> Sexually assaulted while covering unrest in Egypt in 2011.<p><b>Father:</b> Derek (businessman)<br><b>Mother:</b> Yolanda ("Yoli", homemaker)<br><b>Sister:</b> Lisa<br><b>Brother:</b> Greg<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> Mark Olivier (reporter, broken engagement)<br><b>Husband:</b> Jason Siemon (professional basketball player, m. 1999, div.)<br><b>Husband:</b> Joseph Burkett (defense contractor, m. 2008)<br><p> High School: Durban Girls College, Durban, South Africa<br> University: <a href="/edu/527/000111194/">University of Natal, Durban, South Africa (1992)</a><br> University: Universite de L'Alliance Francaise, Paris, France<br><p> <a href="/org/306/000125928/">Committee to Protect Journalists</a> Board of Directors<br> <a href="/crime/951/000048807/">Trespassing</a> Calais, France (23-May-2002)<br> <a href="/event/688/000079451/">Raped</a> Cairo, Egypt (11-Feb-2011)<br> <a href="/lists/347/000043218/">Italian Ancestry</a> Maternal<br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TELEVISION</font><br> <a href="/tv/820/000048676/">CBS Evening News</a> Correspondent (2005-)<br> <a href="/tv/819/000048675/">60 Minutes II</a> Contributing Correspondent (2002-05)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=48652"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=48652">Lara Logan</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=48652" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>