show bios Laura Ling, and Lisa Ling

Laura Ling

Laura Ling was vice president of Current TV's investigative journalism series "Vanguard," and also served as an on-air correspondent for the show. Prior to joining Current in 2005, she worked as a series producer for Channel One News.

Lisa Ling

Journalist Lisa Ling has worked in television since age 16, reporting on topics ranging from celebrities to drug trafficking to the war in Afghanistan. As host of National Geographic Ultimate Explorer, she travels around the world, bringing attention to stories that often go unreported. Throughout the year, Lisa is also on special assignment for The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Kumpuris Lecture Series with Laura and Lisa Ling
Date: 8/12/2010

As part of the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Laura Ling, one of the American journalists recently held captive in North Korea, and her sister Lisa Ling, a special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show, National Geographic Explorer and CNN. The Lings discuss their new book, "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home," about Laura’s imprisonment and Lisa’s unrelenting campaign to get her sister released.