Seung Min Kim Biography
Seung Min Kim is a Korean-American national political reporter serving as a White House reporter for The Associated Press, specializing in the nexus of the Biden administration and Capitol Hill and a CNN Political analyst. She is a former reporter for The Washington Post and POLITICO.
Seung Min Kim Age
Seung is 37 years old, she was born in 1985 in Iowa, U.S.A. She celebrates her birthday on August 4.
Seung Min Kim Height
Kim stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches tall.
Seung Min Kim Education
Min graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Political Science. She also holds a Masters of Art degree in Journalism from the American University.
She serves on Iowa’s University’s Political Science Department Advisory Board. In 2021, she received the Distinguished Recent Graduate Award from the UI Alumni Award Committee.
Seung Min Kim Nationality
Min Kim is an American national of Korean heritage. She is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association, which honored her in 2020.
Seung Min Kim Parents
Seung has not revealed the names of her parents but she was brought up by one parent.
She once responded to Tucker Carlson on Twitter that she grew up with one parent and turned out fine. This was after Tucker tweeted; “You think any of these people care about family separation? If they did, they’d be upset about the collapse of the American family, which is measurable and real. They’re not. They welcome that collapse, because strong families are an impediment to their political power. That’s why they’re always lecturing you about the patriarchy and the evil of the nuclear family. Millions and millions of American kids are growing up with one parent at home thanks to their policies. That’s fine with them.”
Seung Min Kim Husband
Kim is married to Jeff Lee. The couple have been married since February 20, 2016. They met while volunteering at Little Lights Urban Ministries in The District, Washington D.C. There is no much public information available about Jeff Lee.
Seung Min Kim CNN
Seung is a CNN political analyst since 2018. She has also served as a guest for the National Press Club and appeared on several national television programs, including Face the Nation and Washington Week.
Seung Min Kim Associated Press
Seung is a White House reporter for The Associated Press since July 2022. She specializes in the nexus of the Biden administration and Capitol Hill.
She is a former White House reporter for The Washington Post, where she covered President Joe Biden’s administration, focusing on its legislative agenda and interactions with Capitol Hill. She previously covered the Donald Trump administration and worked for eight years at Politico, where she focused on the Senate and immigration policy.
She began her journalism career while she was a student at the University of Iowa. She worked as a reporter for several newspapers such as The Des Moines Register, the St Petersburg Times and The Star-Ledger. While she was a college freshman she covered the Iowa presidential caucus. In 2008, she joined USA Today as a reporter in Washington D.C. In 2009, she joined POLITICO as a reporter covering the Senate and immigration policy.
In 2021, while she was a White House reporter for The Washington Post she experienced online bullying after a photo of her showing a tweet to Sen. Lisa Murkowski was posted on Twitter. She was questioning Sen. Lisa Murkowski about the confirmation of Neera Tanden. She asked the senator about Tanden’s tweet and since the senator had not seen it, she showed it to him. The picture attracted racist, sexist and ill-informed.
Washington Post editor Steven Ginsberg issued a statement defending Kim and said it was standard practice for Kim to show the senator the tweet if he wasn’t aware of it.
“She asked the senator general questions about outreach from the White House regarding Tanden’s nomination and asked about Tanden’s tweet.Murkowski had not seen the tweet, so Seung Min showed it to her and Murkowski’s reaction was included in a Post story about Tanden’s nomination.
What she did was basic journalism. In reporting about Tanden’s tweet, she asked Murkowski for comment. Murkowski had not seen the tweet, so Seung Min showed it to her. This is standard practice. If a subject of a story is not aware of the information they are being asked to comment on, reporters share it with them. This only makes sense and is the fair and responsible thing to do.
No one should have to deal with the hate that has been directed at Seung Min. She did her job, and she did it well, like she always does.”
Seung Min Kim Salary
She earns an estimated annual basic salary of around $77,000.
Seung Min Kim Net worth
Seung has an estimated net worth of around $5 million.