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FREED JOURNALISTS LAURA LING AND EUNA LEE MAKE THEIR FIRST STATEMENT SINCE THEIR RELEASE

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IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS LAURA LING AND EUNA LEE PARDONED BY NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT!

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RED CARPET ROXY CHATS WITH FREED JOURNALIST EUNA LEE

Most of us take our freedom and families for granted-that is-until they are taken away. This is what happened to journalist Euna Lee, along with fellow reporter Laura Ling, who were reporting a story about human trafficking in China when they crossed into North Korea and were arrested for “hostile acts.” They were eventually pardoned after 5 months in a North Korean jail by Dictator Kim Jong-Il after former President Bill Clinton traveled to the country to negotiate their release.

THE 2010 COURAGE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS: A NIGHT OF INSPIRATION

Talk about inspiring! Empowered women came together last night in Beverly Hills for the 20th International Women’s Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Awards. The honorees-Claudia Duque, an investigative reporter from Colombia; Tsering Woeser, a Tibetan blogger based in Beijing; Tanzanian freelance reporter Vicky Ntetema, and Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Mexican journalist Alma Guillermoprieto-had all risked their lives for the pursuit of freedom of speech and truth in reporting.