Lara Logan

More RTCA Dets: CBS Pre-Parties, Maddow Guest Bartends At MSNBC After-Party, Gibbs To Play MC Rove - Posted June 18, 2009
Ok, we're kidding about Robert Gibbs playing this year's MC Rove, but we have learned of a few more legitimate details to share with you about tomorrow evening's RTCA dinner... • CBS News is hosting a pre-party on the second floor of the convention center. There will be a live band... [FishBowlDC]

More RTCA Dets: CBS Pre-Parties, Maddow Guest Bartends At MSNBC After-Party, Gibbs To Play MC Rove - Posted June 18, 2009
Ok, we're kidding about Robert Gibbs playing this year's MC Rove, but we have learned of a few more legitimate details to share with you about tomorrow evening's RTCA dinner... • CBS News is hosting a pre-party on the second floor of the convention center. There will be a live band... [FishBowlDC]

Washingtonian Mag Names Its Top 50 DC Journos - Posted June 10, 2009
Photo by Washingtonian. CBS's Lara Logan, ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg, the Atlantic's Joshua Green, Hotline's Amy Walter, the WaPo's Chris Cillizza, and the NYT's Charlie Savage. Washingtonian (and former FishbowlDC'er) Garrett Graff is out with the magazine's picks for the "50 Top Journalists 2009." The list has existed in Washington since 1973... [FishBowlDC]

Amy Poehler, Rachael Ray And MTV's McGrath Headline Gracie Awards - Posted June 4, 2009
Last night in New York City, the Foundation of American Women in Radio & Television presented their 34th annual Gracie Awards honoring the top women making entertainment for women. The night's biggest winners were Amy Poehler, who took home the 2009 Dove Real Beauty Award, Tribute Award winner Rachael Ray and... [FishBowlNY]

Amy Poehler, Rachael Ray And MTV's McGrath Headline Gracie Awards - Posted June 4, 2009
Last night in New York City, the Foundation of American Women in Radio & Television presented their 34th annual Gracie Awards honoring the top women making entertainment for women. The night's biggest winners were Amy Poehler, who took home the 2009 Dove Real Beauty Award, Tribute Award winner Rachael Ray and... [FishBowlNY]

Hello from Cairo - CBS' Lara Logan on Facebook - Posted June 2, 2009
Lara Logan is anxiously awaiting President Obama's arrival in Cairo Egypt. In the midst of all the excitement, the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for CBS managed to find the time to update her Facebook friends about the trip: Hello from Cairo Today at 12:10pm At Cairo University ahead of Obama's speech... [FishBowlDC]

Hello from Cairo - CBS' Lara Logan on Facebook - Posted June 2, 2009
Lara Logan is anxiously awaiting President Obama's arrival in Cairo Egypt. In the midst of all the excitement, the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for CBS managed to find the time to update her Facebook friends about the trip: Hello from Cairo Today at 12:10pm At Cairo University ahead of Obama's speech... [FishBowlDC]

Washingtonian Names 50 Top Journos - Posted May 26, 2009
In the June issue of Washingtonian, the mag's executive editor Garrett Graff takes his old Fishbowl fins out for a spin to write the quadrennial review of Washington's "50 Top Journalists." The piece evaluates the city's rising stars, anchors, behind-the-scenes movers and shakers and the best reporters at "explaining what news... [FishBowlDC]

Washingtonian Names 50 Top Journos - Posted May 26, 2009
In the June issue of Washingtonian, the mag's executive editor Garrett Graff takes his old Fishbowl fins out for a spin to write the quadrennial review of Washington's "50 Top Journalists." The piece evaluates the city's rising stars, anchors, behind-the-scenes movers and shakers and the best reporters at "explaining what news... [FishBowlDC]

The After-Parties: Vanity Fair & Bloomberg - Posted May 10, 2009
So just who made the cut at the highly exclusive Vanity Fair/Bloomberg after-party at the gorgeous residence of French Ambassador Pierre Vimont? It was impossible to get in if you weren't on the list- Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford got turned away at first, but we saw him inside shortly after. No pics... [FishBowlDC]

Logan: "I Don't Love Being in the Civilized World" - Posted April 21, 2009
Politico's Patrick Gavin talks to CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan about motherhood, living in D.C. and more. Logan discusses the need to balance the "overwhelming instinct" to be with her son and the "uncontrollable urge to be where the story is." As for life in Washington: "I don't love... [TVNewser]

CBS News' "It Girl" on DC, Motherhood and Gtown Scene - Posted April 21, 2009
Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News talks to Politico's Patrick Gavin about life in DC and her "it girl" status. Check out Gavin's post on Politico. ... [FishBowlDC]

A Few Notes on the Sunday Shows - Posted April 6, 2009
• Turns out NBC's Meet the Press' exclusive with General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson wasn't much of an exclusive. Henderson was also booked on CNN's State of the Union Sunday. TVNewser has more. • US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice was George Stephanopoulos' guest yesterday. TVNewser points out Rice is married... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, WaPo's Perry Bacon and CBS' Lara Logan ABC's This Week: US Ambassador to the UN Dr. Susan Rice and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter David Frum, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 3, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, WaPo's Perry Bacon and CBS' Lara Logan ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday: President's Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC), former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) CNN's State... [FishBowlDC]

RTNDF Awards in D.C. Brings Out Journalists and More - Posted March 13, 2009
The 19th annual First Amendment Awards Dinner, hosted by RTNDF, took place last night in Washington, D.C., and FishbowlDC's Christine Delargy writes about the crowd — from former White House press secretary Dana Perino to CBS' Lara Logan — and event. Delargy highlights the "comedy act" brought by ABC's Charlie Gibson and... [TVNewser]

RTNDF Awards in D.C. Brings Out Journalists and More - Posted March 13, 2009
The 19th annual First Amendment Awards Dinner, hosted by RTNDF, took place last night in Washington, D.C., and FishbowlDC's Christine Delargy writes about the crowd — from former White House press secretary Dana Perino to CBS' Lara Logan — and event. Delargy highlights the "comedy act" brought by ABC's Charlie Gibson and... [TVNewser]

Journos Gather at Ritz for RTNDF First Amendment Dinner - Posted March 13, 2009
Last night was the First Amendment Awards Dinner at the Ritz Carlton, the 19th annual hosted by RTNDF. The dinner was emceed by MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who started by thanking his wife Kathleen (away on a skiing trip), his "ambassador to the human race." He also thanked Rod Blagojevich, Sen. Roland Burris... [FishBowlDC]

Journos Gather at Ritz for RTNDF First Amendment Dinner - Posted March 13, 2009
Last night was the First Amendment Awards Dinner at the Ritz Carlton, the 19th annual hosted by RTNDF. The dinner was emceed by MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who started by thanking his wife Kathleen (away on a skiing trip), his "ambassador to the human race." He also thanked Rod Blagojevich, Sen. Roland Burris... [FishBowlDC]

Coverage Plans For Obama Address - Posted February 24, 2009
Every network will cover President Barack Obama's Address to Congress tonight at 9pmET (right after our TVNewser Summit party tonight in NYC — it's not too late to RSVP). Following Obama's speech is Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response: • ABC — Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos anchor coverage from the Capitol, from... [TVNewser]

Coverage Plans For Obama Address - Posted February 24, 2009
Every network will cover President Barack Obama's Address to Congress tonight at 9pmET (right after our TVNewser Summit party tonight in NYC — it's not too late to RSVP). Following Obama's speech is Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response: • ABC — Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos anchor coverage from the Capitol, from... [TVNewser]

Coverage Plans For Obama Address - Posted February 24, 2009
From TVNewser... Every network will cover President Barack Obama's Address to Congress tonight at 9pmET. Following Obama's speech is Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response. Each network's coverage plans after the jump.... [FishBowlDC]

Coverage Plans For Obama Address - Posted February 24, 2009
From TVNewser... Every network will cover President Barack Obama's Address to Congress tonight at 9pmET. Following Obama's speech is Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response. Each network's coverage plans after the jump.... [FishBowlDC]

Lara Logan Gives Birth To Baby Boy - Posted January 6, 2009
FishbowlDC reports CBS News' Lara Logan gave birth to a baby boy, Joseph Washington Burkett V, on December 29. Logan met the father, Joseph Burkett, in 2007 in Iraq. At the time he and Logan were separated from their spouses, and they married late last year. She told Howard Kurtz in July... [TVNewser]

Richard Engel to the White House? - Posted December 17, 2008
TVNewser hears NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel may be headed to the White House for the network. Engel has been with NBC since just after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. He's reported extensively on the war and has also served as Beirut bureau chief and, since April, as chief... [TVNewser]

Ware: "I Don't Know How To Come Home" - Posted December 11, 2008
In a 2,500-word enlightening, and ultimately haunting, profile of CNN's Michael Ware, Men's Journal's Greg Veis gives readers a look at what the horror's of war can do to a journalist on the frontlines. "I am not the same fucking person," Ware tells Veis. "I am not the same person. I don't... [TVNewser]

CBS' Revolving Door - Posted December 4, 2008
Kerri Forrest, a former White House producer for NBC, is now The Early Show's senior producer in Washington, FishbowlDC has learned. And Howard Rosenberg, a former producer for ABC, just started in D.C. as a producer for "60 Minutes" and "Evening News", primarily working withLara Logan. Both started this week.... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): Winner, Wedding, Wife... - Posted November 12, 2008
> The Philadelphia Daily News' Ellen Gray gives her winners and losers of the election season. Winners include Fox News, Stephen Colbert and Katie Couric. > The New York Daily News reports CBS' Lara Logan is now married. "We hear the 'Baghdad Bombshell' has quietly wed defense contractor Joe Burkett, whose... [TVNewser]

Halperin On "Clear, Unambiguous Double Standard" - Posted October 20, 2008
In addition to Lara Logan's appearance on CNN's Reliable Sources, another segment stood out: a focus on bias in the campaign. Host Howard Kurtz asked Time Magazine (and frequent cable news/ABC News contributor) Mark Halperin, "If a Republican had not taken public financing and had raised all that money, and the Democrat... [TVNewser]

Lara Logan On "Demeaning" Coverage of Her - Posted October 20, 2008
CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, who, on 60 Minutes last night got up close and personal during an Afghan firefight, talked with Howard Kurtz earlier in the day on CNN's Reliable Sources about the coverage of her. KURTZ: Now, you got pregnant while you were in Baghdad. Your divorce was not yet... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 17, 2008
Meet The Press: Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), NBC's political director Chuck Todd, David Brooks of the New York Times, Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine, Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Face the Nation: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz... [FishBowlDC]

ERSNews.com Is Spoiling Lara Logan's Spoils - Posted October 3, 2008
Spoils of War: A Tour of Lara Logan's Office from Broadcasting & Cable on Vimeo. ERSNews.com has excitedly told us that its original Lara Logan story is being picked up everywhere... and by everywhere they mean Page Six and Gawker. Dudes, no offense, but you'll get more than page views if you... [FishBowlLA]

The Ticker: Couric, Lehrer, Logan... - Posted September 22, 2008
> The New York Times' Steven McElroy reports Katie Couric will be participating in the upcoming roast of Matt Lauer. Other roasters include Meredith Vieira, Jeff Zucker and Brian Williams. > The Huffington Post's Sam Stein talks to PBS' Jim Lehrer about his upcoming moderating duties. "This has the potential for... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Couric, Lehrer, Logan... - Posted September 22, 2008
> The New York Times' Steven McElroy reports Katie Couric will be participating in the upcoming roast of Matt Lauer. Other roasters include Meredith Vieira, Jeff Zucker and Brian Williams. > The Huffington Post's Sam Stein talks to PBS' Jim Lehrer about his upcoming moderating duties. "This has the potential for... [TVNewser]

It's Getting Hot in D.C. - Posted August 7, 2008
Over on brother blog FishbowlDC, the annual Hottest Media Types contest is just getting started. With nearly 100,000 votes already cast, the competition is heating up. TVNewsers from every network are represented, from NBC's Chuck Todd, Lee Cowan and Kevin Corke, to FNC's Catherine Herridge to CBS' Lara Logan, and many... [TVNewser]

Terry Moran Gets Obama In Baghdad - Posted July 21, 2008
A day after CBS's Lara Logan got an interview with Barack Obama in Afghanistan, ABC's Terry Moran gets the sit-down interview with Obama in Baghdad. It will be Obama's only television interview from Iraq. Portions will air on World News with the entire interview on Nightline. Moran also got the first sit-down... [TVNewser]

Print Journalism Officially in a Crisis, Or, Put Your Hand in the Hand of Your Strongest Competitor? - Posted July 21, 2008
Maybe just to make it all official, a recent study was conducted on the effects that recent layoffs and budgets cuts are having on the country's newsrooms (spoiler alert: it's bad). The study concluded that newsrooms are smaller despite a greater online need for content, there is less foreign news... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.21.08 - Posted July 21, 2008
Good morning Washington. What PR flak didn't have much luck with the above chair last week? Let us know. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got... [FishBowlDC]

And the First Obama Overseas Interview Goes To... - Posted July 20, 2008
CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan, who just relocated to Washington DC, was the first correspondent to interview Barack Obama during his just-begun, but much talked-about overseas trip. The discussion happened today in Afghanistan and aired this morning on Face the Nation and on CBS Evening News. Politico's Mike... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 07.15.08 - Posted July 15, 2008
Good morning Washington. What area restaurant serves the above dessert tray? Let us know. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker: Haddad, Logan, Clinton... - Posted July 11, 2008
> Steve Forrest, the Access Hollywood producer who landed the exclusive the mainstream media couldn't get, appears today on Tammy Haddad's radio show at 1pmET. It broadcasts on XM channel POTUS08, and can be heard online here. Update: Maria Menounos, who conducted the interview, will be a guest on the program... [TVNewser]

Did You Know...? - Posted July 11, 2008
Newsweek's Richard Wolffe can not only cook, but he can shoot hoops as well? Homeboy was shooting it up with Obama man Reggie Love recently and apparently was somewhat decent for a man of such non-Yao Ming heights. Lara Logan was dealing with her real estate agent (looking at a Georgetown spot)... [FishBowlDC]

Does the NYPost Know Who Charles Gibson Is? - Posted July 8, 2008
So, the New York Post is running a poll right now asking readers to "VOTE FOR THE HOTTEST NEWS HUNK." They say it's "inspired by sexy CBS reporter Lara Logan's recent foreign affairs." Classy. Anyway, Anderson Cooper is leading the 12 candidates with 27% of the vote. But the Post doesn't let... [TVNewser]

CBS's Lara Logan Pregnant - Posted July 8, 2008
It's been quite a few weeks for Lara Logan. Having just been named CBS's chief foreign affairs correspondent, settling in to Washington, DC after years of reporting from war zones, and putting up with tabloid stories regarding her personal life comes the news that Logan is pregnant. The baby is due in... [TVNewser]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: The Truth About Eric Longabardi's Necktie - Posted June 24, 2008
Our post about the L.A. Press Club awards inspired a few lamentations among winners who were not listed, but no lamentations were as interesting as those of ERSNews.com's Eric Longabardi, who won a shared 1st place prize along with Suzanne Murch, Melanie Switzer and Raheem Dawson for an E! Entertainment... [FishBowlLA]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2008
Meet the Press: Obama supporter Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Clinton supporter Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) and Tom Brokaw, Michael Eric Dyson and Amb. Andrew Young. Face the Nation: Howard Dean, The Washington Post National Editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran, McClatchy Newspapers Chief Pentagon Correspondent Nancy Youssef and CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan. ... [FishBowlDC]

Lara Logan: Not Just a Pretty Face? - Posted January 11, 2008
GOOD mag lays it on thick when writing about swimsuit model turned journo Lara Logan: in today's tepid TV news world, female correspondents are expected to look like models Amazing that Christina Amanpour had any sort career, drab hag that she is. And as the CBS publicists made sure to let everyone know,... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 11.27.07 - Posted November 27, 2007
Good morning Washington. You are not encouraging your kids to follow in your journalism footsteps. Television An ABC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research for the week of November 12, 2007, ABC News' 'Nightline' outperformed CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' among total viewers and Adults 25-54. In addition, 'Nightline' continues to... [FishBowlDC]

CBS Chief Foreign Correspondent Makes E-Mail Plea For Network To Air Baghdad Story; Network Calls It 'Too Graphic For Evening News Audience' - Posted January 26, 2007
After the CBS Evening News decided not to air a piece on a violent, largely unknown battle in Iraq, opting to put it online instead, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan recently sent this email to friends and colleagues: From: lara logan Subject: help The story below only appeared on our CBS website... [FishBowlNY]