Ling began her journalism career as a correspondent for Channel One News where she covered the civil war in Afghanistan at the age of 21. She went on to become a co-host of ABC Daytime's hit show “The View,” which won its first daytime Emmy during her time at the show.

This year, Ling has her own series on the new channel, OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network called “Our America with Lisa Ling.”

Ling was a special correspondent for CNN's “Planet in Peril” series and is a contributing editor for USA Today's “USA Weekend” magazine.  She is the co-author of Mother, Sister. Daughter, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood, and Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and The Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home that she wrote with her sister Laura.

Tickets are required but are free for the Unviersity with a valid Redhawks ID card. They can be picked up in the University Center Rm. 202, Center for Student Involvement (UC 204), or Show me Center Box Office.

Tickets for the general public are $10 and can be purchased at the Show Me Center Box Office, Ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster outlets. All tickets go on sale August 22 at 10 a.m.