Logan on dangers of war reporting
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WANE/AP)- - The CBS News correspondent who was attacked in Cairo recently spoke to Indiana University journalism students in Bloomington.
Ironically, Lara Logan talked about the dangers of foreign reporting. Mike Conway is a journalism professor at IU and said, "Lara Logan made quite an impression on our students during a visit a few months ago. Very passionate about international reporting but admitted she thought more about the danger after having two children."
He said, "She seemed almost fearless in her willingness to face danger to cover big stories."
Logan is recovering in a U.S. hospital after suffering a sexual attack and beating while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo.
Logan was in the city's Tahrir Square on Friday after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down when she, her team and their security "were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration," CBS said in a statement Tuesday.
The network described a mob of more than 200 people "whipped into a frenzy."
Separated from her crew in the crush of the violent pack, she suffered what CBS called "a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating."
She was saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers, the network said.
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