Feb. 23, 2012
1:55 pm
Lara Logan mourns Marie Colvin, who died in Syria Wednesday:
“You couldn’t be part of the foreign media world and travel to these places and not know who Marie Colvin was,” Logan observed. “She was a legend in her own right and a pioneer in many ways. As a woman, she started to do this work a long, long time ago when it was more of a man’s world than it still is today, in some ways. And Marie was — this was her life. She was completely committed to doing what she believed in. You hear that in her words and in her reporting, just hours before she was killed. It was always about that for her. It was about bearing witness and giving a voice to the people that don’t have one. And she said, so significantly, you know, if you’re not on the ground to witness what was really happening in Homs, then the Syrian government could write whatever narrative they wanted to write and there would be no counter narrative to that.”
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Lara Logan on "CBS This Morning"
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 8, 2012
11:40 am
Women Under Siege
The
Women’s Media Center launched a new project today, “
Women Under Siege,” to raise awareness about how sexualized violence is used as a weapon of war. The project, which Gloria Steinem initiated and
Lauren Wolfe is directing, has a website that features testimonies from journalists who have been sexually assaulted or have covered sexual assault, including CBS’ Lara Logan and New York Times photojournalist Lynsey Addario. Addario,
who was captured in Libya last year, wrote
about the impact of covering rape in Congo:
By the time I finished my two weeks photographing portraits and recording testimonies, I was completely devastated and depressed. I was openly weeping during interviews, and felt like I couldn’t process all the hatred and violence toward women I was bearing witness to. I felt inadequate and helpless as a journalist.
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Nov. 4, 2011
3:44 pm
The Atlantic
Lauren Wolfe, director of
Women Under Siege, says female journalists who are sexually assaulted on the job often stay quiet because they don’t want to lessen their standing in the newsroom. CBS’ Lara Logan, however, has inspired more women to come forward with their stories. Logan, who was sexually assaulted in Cairo's Tahrir Square last February, tells Wolfe:
"My attack was retribution against the free press in general and the flow of information -- it was meant to discredit the revolution. ... It had a much bigger purpose to it."
Logan also shared her reactions to a situation involving Jineth Bedoya, a Colombian journalist who was kidnapped, drugged and gang-raped while investigating state officials and members of a paramilitary group 11 years ago:
“An attack in retribution for your reporting speaks directly to the First Amendment. It's terrifying in a different way. In her case, justice is critical because if you're allowed to attack journalists with impunity, there will be no free press, especially if the government is involved."
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Mallary Jean Tenore
June 7, 2011
9:40 am
Committee to Protect Journalists
In
a new report released today, CPJ draws attention to the sexual violence that many journalists have faced while on the job. CPJ Senior Editor Lauren Wolfe spent four months talking to about 50 journalists from the U.S. and abroad for the report. Some women reported being raped, while others -- including men -- said they were groped and sodomized, often while in detention or captivity.
Some journalists interviewed for the report said they felt motivated to talk about what happened to them
after hearing Lara Logan go public with her story about being sexually assaulted in Egypt. That's noteworthy, Wolfe said, but it remains extremely difficult for victims to step forward. Some journalists fear that if they do share their story, they'll be told they can no longer cover stories in conflict zones. Others, Wolfe said, think they'll come across as being vulnerable, whiny or weak.
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Mallary Jean Tenore
May 1, 2011
8:14 pm
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Julie Moos
Feb. 18, 2011
7:58 am
The attack on CBS reporter Lara Logan is a reminder that sexual violence happens to people where they work; it happens to adults on streets, in cars, at parks; it happens to children in their homes, neighborhoods, places of worship. … Read more
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Kelly McBride
Feb. 17, 2011
1:22 pm
In the online comments about CBS reporter Lara Logan’s assault by an Egyptian mob, there are many examples of what not to say.
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Jim Romenesko
Feb. 17, 2011
9:06 am
Los Angeles Times
Scott Collins couldn't get an answer from the network. "It is possible that CNN worried about legal liability," he writes, "despite the fact that the image was taken in a public place during a thronged demonstration of pressing international interest and had been distributed through a wire service."
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Assault on Logan not surprising to other women journalists
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Jim Romenesko
Feb. 16, 2011
10:57 am
PoliticsDaily.com
Nir Rosen "crossed the line yesterday with his comments about Lara Logan," says NYU School of Law's
Karen Greenberg. "I am deeply distressed by what he wrote about Ms. Logan and strongly denounce his comments. They were cruel and insensitive and completely unacceptable." He's resigned as an NYU Law Fellow. ||
NYU Local: Rosen's tweets "are pretty revolting." ||
Rosen tweets: "With a thoughtless joke, I brought shame upon myself and my family and added insult to Ms. Logan's injury."
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Jim Romenesko
Feb. 16, 2011
8:04 am
The Daily Beast
Howard Kurtz's sources describe
Lara Logan as being in remarkably good spirits despite
her ordeal in Cairo. "There are obviously unanswered questions about what happened," writes Kurtz. "Was anyone arrested? How was she saved? How bad were her injuries? But CBS isn't providing further details out of respect for Logan's privacy." ||
New York Post: CBS sources say Logan's attackers chanted, "Jew! Jew!" ||
Hollywood Reporter: Anderson Cooper and others tweet their well wishes to Logan. ||
NPR.org: NPR removes many website comments about the attack.
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Ex-CNN journalist Arena on US media's coverage of Egypt
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