

In early 2021, Kim became the target of online abuse after a photo of her interviewing Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was circulated on social media. During this time, she led coverage on major topics such as the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, and Donald Trump's impeachment trial. She became a White House correspondent writing about the Trump administration for The Washington Post in 2018. Kim joined USA Today as a reporter in Washington DC in 2008, before moving to become a reporter covering the Senate and immigration policy for Politico in 2009. One of her earliest experiences was covering the Iowa presidential caucus in 2004 as a college freshman. Kim started her career while still a student at the University of Iowa, working as a reporter at a number of newspapers including The Des Moines Register, the St Petersburg Times and The Star-Ledger. She married Jeff Lee in 2016 the couple currently reside in Arlington, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a BS in journalism and political science in 2007, before earning an MA in journalism from American University. She states that she had wanted to be a journalist since the age of 12, and in her first year at the University of Iowa in 2004, she joined the student newspaper The Daily Iowan. Kim, of Korean heritage, grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. Seung Min Kim (born August 4, 1985) is an American journalist who is a White House correspondent for The Washington Post and a political analyst for CNN.
