Lauren Lee - Producer, CNN Special Projects
Lauren Lee
Producer, CNN International Productions
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Lauren Lee is a journalist and producer with CNN International Productions based in Atlanta. Currently, she works as a producer on the docu-series African Voices Changemakers.
Lee studied Broadcast Journalism and Pan-African studies at Kent State University. While attending KSU, she was a production assistant on the History Channel Documentary “This Week in History: Kent State Anti-War Protest Turns into a Battlefield.”
She received a certification in social media from Poynter’s News University and video production from Specs Howard School of Media Arts.
Lee spent three years at one of Detroit’s top stations, WXYZ-TV (ABC), splitting time between writing for the Emmy-winning noon newscast and working as an Associate Producer and Field Producer for events like the Detroit Grand Prix. While at WXYZ, Lee connected with Florine Mark, the largest franchisee of Weight Watchers International at the time. She was tapped to handle Mark and the brand’s public relations and produce her sponsored series “Ask Florine,” which aired on WXYZ.
Lee joined CNN in 2011. Before joining CNN International Productions, Lauren worked as a media coordinator with CNN Image+Sound and as a producer with CNN Special Projects, where she spent ten years producing sponsored and branded cross-platform content. She has served as lead producer for CNN’s global initiative Impact Your World.
An award-winning producer, Lee has contributed to the network’s 2012 Peabody Award-winning coverage of the Arab Spring, a 2017 NAMIC Vision Award for the series Breakthrough Women, and a 2022 Webby Gold Anthem Award for the series Champions for Change.
Before joining CNN, Lauren co-wrote and produced the film “Why Do Men Cheat?”
In her spare time, Lauren enjoys spending time with her adult daughter and bringing awareness to Lupus, an invisible disease she has fought for over a decade.