“Says her father Derek Logan, a retired textile importer, “Lara always supported the underdog. And in our country, at that time, the underdog were the black people.” And she was, and is, uninterested in celebrity of a more comfortable, camera-ready variety: “I never wanted to be an anchor. I couldn’t think of anything worse. I don’t want to sit there and smile and tell you about today’s news. To do that really well is a very unique skill that people underestimate all the time. I don’t have that skill. I hate making small talk.” Instead, she wanted to go to Angola, in 1992, to cover the worst atrocities she has ever seen.”
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Safe at Home - The New York Times
