Lisa Ling

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Lisa Ling (zh-cp|c=|p=Líng Zhìhùi) (born August 30, 1973, in Sacramento, California) is an American journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of ABC's "The View" (from 1999-2002), host of National Geographic Channel's "Explorer", reporter on Channel One News, and special correspondent for the "Oprah Winfrey Show" and CNN.

Biography

Early life and career

Ling started in television when she was chosen as one of the four hosts of "Scratch", a nationally-syndicated teen magazine show based in Sacramento. At 18, she joined Channel One News as one of their youngest reporters and anchors. Among her roles was war correspondent, including assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan. She has won numerous awards for her reporting. She attended the University of Southern California.

"The View"

Ling joined "The View" on August 2, 1999, and left the show towards the end of 2002 to go back to international reporting. She drew fire for her comments after the September 11 attacks, in which she said that Americans should think about why other people would want to attack them. [cite web | title = Lisa Ling on The View and Network News | url = http://blogs.mediavillage.com/tv_maven/archives/2006/04/lisa_ling_on_th.html]

"National Geographic Ultimate Explorer"

She accepted an offer to host "National Geographic Ultimate Explorer" and in 2005 the show moved to the National Geographic Channel with the return of the original name "National Geographic Explorer". She has covered the drug war in Colombia, investigated the notorious MS-13 gang and explored the culture of U.S. prisons.

"The Oprah Winfrey Show"

Most recently, Ling has become a special correspondent for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" which has featured many of Ling's investigative pieces, including a report on North Korea. Ling's title is "Oprah Show Investigative Reporter." She also has reported on bride burning in India, gang rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, child trafficking in Ghana, the immediate aftermath of the hurricane in New Orleans and the April 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre.

Personal life

Ling graduated from Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California.

Ling once dated Rick Yune and broke off her engagement to media entrepreneur Philip Levine, citing as a reason her constant traveling in late 2002. [cite web | url = http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1035928_1115184,00.html | title = Lisa Ling Breaks Off Engagement | author = Cynthia Wang]

On January 3, 2007, Ling announced her engagement to Chicago-based radiation oncologist Paul Song, 41. [cite web | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20006068,00.html | title = Lisa Ling Engaged to Chicago Oncologist] They married on May 26, 2007, in Los Angeles. Notable guests included Connie Chung (who is one of Ling's personal heroes) and actresses Kelly Hu and Diane Farr. [cite web | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20040375,00.html | title=Lisa Ling Marries Her 'Doctor McDreamy' | author = Mary Margaret and Cynthia Wang] . Ling and her husband live in Los Angeles.

In April 2001, she completed the Boston Marathon. [cite web | title = Lisa Ling: Host, National Geographic Ultimate Explorer | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080431/]

Her sister, Laura Ling, is managing editor of Vanguard at Current TV.

In May 2008, she was the graduation speaker for Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

References

External links

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* [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/speakers/profile_ling.html Lisa Ling bio at National Geographic]
* [http://abc.go.com/theview/hosts/ling.html Lisa Ling bio at The View]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080431/ Lisa Ling bio at MSNBC]
* [http://www.lisaling.com/ Official Lisa Ling Site]

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DATE OF BIRTH= 1973-8-30
PLACE OF BIRTH= Sacramento, California
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