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This article is about the American reporter. For the South Korean actress, see
Lee Min-jung .
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]
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]
At APEC 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 ]
^ 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 .
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