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MJ Lee
Born

Lee Min-jung


(1987-03-05) March 5, 1987 (age 37)
Seoul, South Korea
Other namesMin Jung Lee
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materGeorgetown University
Occupation(s)Journalist, political correspondent
Years active2009 – present
Employer(s)CNN (2014–present)
Politico (2009–2014)
Known forCNN White House Correspondent
SpouseAlex Burns
Children2
Korean name
Hangul

이민정

Hanja

Revised RomanizationI Min-jeong
McCune–ReischauerI Minjŏng

Min Jung "MJ" Lee (born March 5,[1] 1987) is a South Korean-born American political correspondent for CNN and is currently a White House correspondent for the network.

She has previously worked for Politico.

Early life and education[edit]

Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Hong Kong, where she and her brother attended Hong Kong International School (an American-system style school). In her junior year of high school, she moved to the United States to attend a boarding school and has never returned to South Korea since.[2] In 2009, she graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in government and Chinese.[3] During college, she interned for The Washington Post and South China Morning Post.[4] Lee was offered an entry-level journalism position, but was then rejected due to being on a visa.[2]

Career[edit]

Months after graduation, Lee began working at Politico as a web producer.[1] By 2012, she was a finance reporter after a year on the breaking news desk. In 2014, she started working at CNN.[5] Since working at CNN, she has covered the 2016 United States presidential election (both Trump and Clinton campaigns);[6] as well as how the Me Too movement has affected Capitol Hill, covering the allegations against ousted U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN), former White House aide and Staff Secretary Rob Porter, and former U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold (R-TX) (all of whom resigned from their positions as a result of abuse or sexual misconduct allegations).[7] She has also covered the Republicans' contemporary attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.[8][9] Lee covered the 2020 Democratic presidential primary with a focus on the Elizabeth Warren campaign, and the 2020 United States presidential election with a focus on the Joe Biden campaign.

In January 2021, Lee was promoted to White House correspondent under the Biden administration.[10]

AtAPEC United States 2023, she asked US president Biden if he considered Chinese president Xi a dictator. Biden replied yes.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Lee became an American citizen on September 17, 2016, on Ellis Island, coinciding with her coverage of the 2016 US presidential election campaign.[2] She is married to fellow journalist Alex Burns.[3] They have two children.[12]

In 2022, Lee was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Awards.[13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Lippman, Daniel (March 5, 2018). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: MJ Lee, CNN national political reporter". Politico. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ a b c Lee, MJ (September 23, 2016). "The day I became an American citizen". CNN. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ a b Pappu, Sridhar (March 5, 2016). "Millennial Reporters Grab the Campaign-Trail Spotlight". New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ "Success Stories: Class of 2009". Georgetown University. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ Wemple, Erik (December 19, 2014). "Politico editor Susan Glasser: We're in a 'period of growth and rising ambition'". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ Wemple, Erik (December 8, 2016). "CNN reporter felt like a 'new person' after switch from Trump to Clinton". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ "MJ Lee - Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ Lee, MJ (March 9, 2017). "Nobody wants their name on the Republican health care bill". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ Lee, MJ (January 9, 2017). "How the tables are turning on Obamacare". CNN. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  • ^ Brian Stelter (January 11, 2021). "CNN announces promotions for Jake Tapper, Abby Phillip, Dana Bash and others". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  • ^ Donald Judd (November 16, 2023). "Biden says he still believes Xi Jinping is a dictator". CNN. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  • ^ "MJ Lee - Senior White House Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  • ^ "MJ Lee". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  • ^ Candid. "Carnegie Corporation names 2022 cohort of distinguished immigrants". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved June 18, 2024.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MJ_Lee&oldid=1230754099"

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