024 Lara Logan

About this video

Mike Ritland interviews journalist Lara Logan about her background, upbringing in apartheid-era South Africa, and path into journalism. Logan describes growing up in a household that valued freedom, authenticity, and treating people with respect, her experience attending a multiracial school during apartheid, and formative moments witnessing political transformation including Mandela’s eventual release. She reflects on differences between South African and American culture, the importance of consistency and authenticity in her work, and how her childhood shaped her values as a journalist.

Key takeaways

• Logan attributes her journalistic approach to being raised in South Africa with strong values around freedom, authenticity, and treating people consistently with respect regardless of setting
• Growing up in apartheid South Africa, Logan attended one of the first schools to vote to become multiracial and forgo government subsidies, shaping her understanding of injustice and commitment to truth
• Logan describes fundamental differences between growing up in South Africa versus America — South Africans understand their global insignificance and must make things happen themselves, while Americans grow up at the center of world influence

Episode details: published February 15, 2019 · 766.8K views · 3:39:38 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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