Laura Ling was born on December 1,1976 and is an American journalist and writer.
27 Facts About Laura Ling
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Laura Ling worked for Current TV as a correspondent and vice president of its Vanguard Journalism Unit, which produced the Vanguard TV series.
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In November 2014, Ling joined Discovery Digital Networks as its Director of Development.
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Laura Ling said that the North Korean guards dragged her across the border.
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Laura Ling's mother, Mary Mei-yan, is a Taiwanese immigrant from Tainan, Taiwan.
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Laura Ling formerly served as the head of the Los Angeles office of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs.
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Laura Ling's father, Chung Teh "Douglas" Ling, is a Chinese immigrant from Hong Kong, where he was born in 1937.
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Laura Ling has an older sister Lisa Ling, who is a journalist.
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Laura Ling attended Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California.
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In 1998, Laura Ling graduated with a communications degree from UCLA.
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At UCLA Laura Ling served as a student analyst for the Center for Communication Policy.
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Laura Ling first worked as a correspondent for KCET's SoCal Connected and producer at Channel One News.
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Laura Ling co-created Breaking it Down, a documentary series on MTV that aired between 1999 and 2001.
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When Laura Ling was captured and detained, she was undercover making a documentary about North Korean defectors, who were primarily women.
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Laura Ling explored the dangers they faced after crossing the Chinese border at the Tumen River, including forced marriages and trafficking, deportation, and being criminalized.
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Laura Ling has worked on projects for Nightline, NBC, PBS, and The WB.
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In 2015, Laura Ling partnered with The ONE Campaign to make a documentary How Africa is Hacking Its Energy Crisis, which was posted on the Seeker Stories YouTube channel.
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Ling created and reported on Rituals with Laura Ling, which was posted to the Seeker Stories YouTube channel.
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Lisa Laura Ling stated that when her sister and Lee left the United States, they never intended to cross into North Korea.
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Laura Ling said that her sister had required medical treatment for an ulcer.
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In 2010, Laura Ling co-wrote a memoir with her sister Lisa, Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home.
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Laura Ling was pardoned along with Lee, and they returned to the United States following an unannounced visit to North Korea by Bill Clinton on August 4,2009.
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Laura Ling was named one of Glamour magazine's Women of the Year in 2009.
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In 2011, Laura Ling received the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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In 2012, Laura Ling was inducted into the San Juan Education Foundation Hall of Fame.
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Laura Ling is married to Iain Clayton, a financial analyst.
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Laura Ling was named after Ling's sister, Lisa, and President Bill Clinton, whose middle name is Jefferson.