In 2017, she was elected as the President of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), which is a membership nonprofit responsible for advancing diversity in newsrooms, and ensuring fair and accurate coverage of communities of color. In August 2020, Lee was re-elected to serve as the President of AAJA for a second term. In December 2020, she was appointed as Tokyo bureau chief of The Washington Post''. The assignment carries responsibility of reporting on Japan, North Korea and South Korea. References External links Interview with Hugh Hewitt, 23rd April 2015, transcript Living people Emory University alumni People from Seoul American women journalists American writers of Korean descent American political journalists The Washington Post journalists 1988 births South Korean emigrants to the United States People with acquired American citizenship 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American newspaper editors American women non-fiction writers American newspaper reporters and correspondents People from Hagåtña, Guam