Lara Logan is a South African journalist best known as a correspondent for CBS News from 2002 to 2018. Now she is working with the Sinclair Broadcast Group as an investigative journalist.
Recently, she was in the headlines for recalling the 2011 rape by Mob in Egypt. She was allegedly ‘gang-raped with flagpoles and sticks’ while covering the Arab Spring and was saved by a group of women and some Egyptian soldiers.
What happened to Lara Logan? How much is Lara Logan net worth and salary? Is Lara Logan married? Who is her husband and children?
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Name | Â Lara Logan |
Age | Â 49 years old |
Height | Â 1.68 m |
Nationality | Â Â South African |
Ethnicity | Â White |
Net Worth | Â $6 Million est. |
Married/Single | Â Married |
Partner/Husband | Â Joseph Burkett |
Birth Name/ Real Name
Lara Logan
How old is Lara Logan? (Age)
Born in the year 1971, journalist Lara Logan is currently 49 years old. Her birthday is on 29 March.
Sun Sign/ Zodiac Sign
Aries
Lara Logan Instagram ID
You can follow her on Twitter under the User ID @laralogan. Likewise, you can follow Lara Logan on Instagram under the User ID @lara_j_logan.
Birth Place
Durban, South Africa
Lara Logan Nationality
South African
Educational Background
After high school, Logan went to the University of Natal in Durban and graduated in 1992 majoring in commerce.
Later, she earned a diploma in French language, culture and history at Alliance Française in Paris.
Career Background
Logan worked as a reporter and editor/producer with some of the biggest name in the industry. ITN and Fox/SKY, CBS News, ABC News (in London), NBC, and the European Broadcast Union are few to name.
She was a “60 Minutes Correspondent, Chief Foreign Correspondent, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent” on CBS News for 16 years. During that time, she was a television and radio journalist and war correspondent.
Upon leaving CBS news, Logan openly criticized the organization and called their journalists as “political activists” and “propagandists” against President Trump.
Shortly after the incident, she joined Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Body Measurements
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How tall is Lara Logan? (Height)
Lara Logan stands at a height of 1.68m.
Weight
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Is Lara Logan married? Who is her husband?
Lara Logan is married to her longtime husband Joseph Burkett. The couple got married in 2008, meaning they have been together for over 12 years.
They share two children plus Burkett has a daughter from his former wife. Lara Logan husband is a U.S. government defense contractor from Texas. Currently, they are living in Washington, D.C.
The award-winning journalist met her husband in Afghanistan. Previously, she was married to Jason Siemon, an Iowan playing professional basketball in the U.K. Nevertheless, they divorced soon after the wedding.
Lara Logan Ethnicity
White
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Blue
Lara Logan Net Worth and Salary
Sources like Celebrity Net Worth estimates Lara Logan net worth of 2020 at $6 million. She has a reported salary of $2 million.
Lara Logan Wiki Bio
Born and raised in Durham, Lara Logan has received dozens of accolades including Emmy Award and John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award, 2011. She spoke up about her gang rape in 2011 saying,
“You can’t have a #MeToo movement standing up for women and righting the wrongs of the past but say nothing about a female journalist who was gang-raped and almost died.”