Lisa Ling

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Lisa Ling

Lisa Ling after a speaking event at The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Born August 30, 1973 (1973-08-30) (age 34)
Flag of the United States Sacramento, California
Occupation journalist, correspondent

Lisa Ling (Chinese: 凌志慧; pinyin: Líng Zhìhùi) (born August 30, 1973, in Sacramento, California) is a Chinese-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.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.[1]

[edit] 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.

[edit] The Oprah Winfrey Show

Most recently, Ling has become a special correspondent forThe 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.

[edit] 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.[2]

On January 3, 2007, Ling announced her engagement to Chicago-based radiation oncologist Paul Song, 41.[3] 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.[4]. Ling and her husband live in Los Angeles.

In April 2001, she completed the Boston Marathon.[5]

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

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

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Lisa Ling on The View and Network News.
  2. ^ Cynthia Wang. Lisa Ling Breaks Off Engagement.
  3. ^ Lisa Ling Engaged to Chicago Oncologist.
  4. ^ Mary Margaret and Cynthia Wang. Lisa Ling Marries Her 'Doctor McDreamy'.
  5. ^ Lisa Ling: Host, National Geographic Ultimate Explorer.

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Co-Hosts of The View
Current
Former
Preceded by
Debbie Matenopoulos		 The View co-host
1999-2002		 Succeeded by
Elisabeth Hasselbeck


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NAME Ling, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES (Chinese: 凌志慧; pinyin: Líng Zhìhùi)
SHORT DESCRIPTION journalist, correspondent
DATE OF BIRTH 1973-8-30
PLACE OF BIRTH Sacramento, California
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH