In this episode of Life After News, Jason Ball sits down with international journalist May Lee. May is a former CNN and ABC News correspondent, anchor, talk show host, professor, and now co-host of the hit podcast Shoes Off Inside.
✨ May shares her remarkable journey:
- From small-market local news to becoming CNN’s “disaster queen” covering global crises 🌍
- Breaking into Japanese media as one of the first Asian American journalists on NHK 🇯🇵
- Reporting through earthquakes, attacks, and cultural upheavals while living abroad
- Pivoting into activism during the pandemic and raising her voice against anti-Asian hate ✊
- Creating Shoes Off Inside with fellow trailblazers Kelly Hu and Tamlyn Tomita 💬
- Embracing radical joy and the Korean concept of Han as powerful forces in life and storytelling 💜
This intimate, powerful conversation explores identity, resilience, cultural pride, and how journalism shapes—and is shaped by—the people who live it.
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