Posts Tagged ‘Lara Logan’

Continuing CBS News’ new-media blitz, the network launched a 60 Minutes channel on YouTube, which will offer stories that air on the Sunday-night broadcast on Monday mornings.

Steve Grove, head of YouTube News and Politics, wrote on the YouTube Blog:

But that’s not all: The 60 Minutes team wants to hear your feedback on the issues and the people their correspondents cover. So we’re partnering in a new program called, “Ask 60 Minutes,” where you can engage directly with their correspondents. This week, we’re featuring correspondent Lara Logan‘s story from the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, where she spent weeks with the 101st Airborne undergoing relentless attacks. The commanding officers in the piece all point to Pakistan as the staging area for attacks from foreign fighters — not only the Taliban, but Uzbeks, Chechens, Arabs, and Pakistanis, as well. Lara Logan wants to know what you think about the story:

CBS News is making a big bet on new-media today, planning live webcasts with “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric and chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan.

At 1 PM ET, Logan and her producer Max McClellan will be part of a live video chat to talk about Afghanistan. The chat can be viewable at CBSNews.com, through Facebook, and on Justin.tv, Livestream.com and Ustream.com. Viewers can ask questions of Logan and McClellan through Facebook.

Then, at 3:15 PM, Couric will celebrate the one-year anniversary of her web show, @katiecouric with a live Q&A. Viewers can ask questions by tweeting with the hashtag #askKC, through Facebook or by emailing couriconline@cbsnews.com

The newly re-launched CBSNews.com includes audio tours of the redesigned site from some of CBS’ biggest names including Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer and Charles Osgood.

Only problem – they all say the same thing. The same exact thing.

Have a few minutes? Open several browsers and listen to Couric, Schieffer, or Osgood, give the tour simultaneously. Or for a little South African spin, play the Lara Logan version.