MJ Lee

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'''Min Jung "MJ" Lee''' (born March 5,<ref name=Birthday></ref> 1987) is an South Korean-born American political correspondent for [[CNN]]. She has previously worked for [[Politico]].

== Early life and education ==
Lee was born in [[South Korea]] and raised in [[Hong Kong]], [[China]], where she and her brother attended an American 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.<ref name=Americancitizen></ref> In 2009, she graduated from [[Georgetown University]] with a degree in government and Chinese.<ref name=NYT></ref> During college, she interned for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[South China Morning Post]]''.<ref></ref>

== Career ==
Months after graduation, Lee got a job at Politico as a web producer.<ref name=Birthday/> By 2012, she was a finance reporter after a year on the breaking news desk. In 2014, she started working at [[CNN]].<ref></ref> Since working at CNN, she has covered the [[2016 United States presidential election]] (both [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|Trump]] and [[Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign|Clinton]] campaigns);<ref></ref> as well as how the [[Me Too movement]] has affected Capitol Hill, covering the allegations against ousted U.S. Senator [[Al Franken]] (D-Minn.), former [[White House]] aide and [[White House Staff Secretary|Staff Secretary]] [[Rob Porter]], and former U.S. Representative [[Blake Farenthold]] (all of whom resigned from their positions as a result of abuse or sexual misconduct allegations).<ref></ref> She has also covered the Republicans' contemporary attempts to repeal the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref></ref><ref></ref> Lee currently covers the [[2020 United States presidential election]] with a focus on the [[Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign|Elizabeth Warren campaign]].

== Personal life ==
Lee became an American citizen on September 17, 2016, on [[Ellis Island]].<ref name=Americancitizen/> She is married to fellow journalist [[Alex Burns (journalist)|Alex Burns]].<ref name=NYT/>

== References ==






[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:South Korean people]]
[[Category:Hong Kong people]]
[[Category:CNN people]]
[[Category:Georgetown University alumni]]
[[Category:American people of South Korean descent]]
[[Category:People with acquired American citizenship]]

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