MJ Lee
Min Jung "MJ" Lee is a South Korean-born American political correspondent for CNN. She has previously worked for Politico.Early life and education
Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Hong Kong, 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. In 2009, she graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in government and Chinese. During college, she interned for The Washington Post and South China Morning Post. Lee was offered an entry level journalism position, but was then rejected due to being on a visa.Career
Months after graduation, Lee got a job at Politico as a web producer. By 2012, she was a finance reporter after a year on the breaking news desk. In 2014, she started working at CNN. Since working at CNN, she has covered the 2016 United States presidential election ; as well as how the Me Too movement has affected Capitol Hill, covering the allegations against ousted U.S. Senator Al Franken, former White House aide and Staff Secretary Rob Porter, and former U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold . She has also covered the Republicans' contemporary attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Lee currently covers the 2020 United States presidential election with a focus on the Elizabeth Warren campaign.Personal life
Lee became an American citizen on September 17, 2016, on Ellis Island, coinciding with her coverage of the 2016 US presidential election campaign. She is married to fellow journalist Alex Burns.
