Jimmy Lee (journalist)

For other people named Jimmy Lee, see Jimmy Lee (disambiguation).

Jimmy Lee (born c. 1970) is a Korean American journalist.

He served as managing editor of KoreAm Journal^[1] from 1999 to 2007.

Lee was born in Seoul, Korea and immigrated to California at the age of 11 months with his family. He was raised in Orange County, California. He graduated from UCLA in 1994 with a degree in Geography.

Has worked at the Korean Youth and Community Center in Los Angeles, and is an avid baseball fan who roots for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Honors and awards

In 2004, he was the runner-up of a New California Media Award for his article O Sister, Here Art Thou.

References

↑ "CRISIS IN KOREA DISMAYS IMMIGRANTS TO BAY AREA". San Jose Mercury News. January 8, 2003. p. 1A. Retrieved 30 May 2011. Jimmy Lee, managing editor of Korean-American monthly magazine KoreAm Journal in Los Angeles, said the anti-Americanism only underscores the struggle by...

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