Ian James Lee Biography
Ian James Lee is a CBS News journalist working in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining CBS, Lee worked for CNN, and before that, from 2009 to 2011, he was the multimedia editor at the Daily News Egypt.
Ian James Lee Age
Lee is 38 years old as of 2022. He was born in 1984 Lander, Wyoming, United States.
Ian James Lee Height
Lee stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches.
Ian James Lee Family
Lee has not shared any information regarding his loving parents as of now, 2022. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more intel from our trusted sources of information as soon as possible.
Ian James Lee Wife
Lee married Holly Dagres in a private ceremony on a Wyoming ranch on July 1, 2016. They met in Cairo, Egypt.
Ian James Lee Education
Lee earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and certificates in Islamic Studies and Arabic from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2007. He was accepted into a Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education-funded internship program. Lee was one of 12 Arizona State University graduates selected for a Fulbright scholarship in 2008. He spent a year at American University in Cairo, Egypt, studying the reporting differences between English and Arabic newspapers.
Ian James Lee Salary
Lee has been very secretive with his annual pay scale as of now, 2021. However, there is no doubt that he has been accustomed to good pay in terms of salary as he has been able to work with profound films. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same from our trusted sources.
Ian James Lee Net Worth
Lee has also not declared his net worth to the public as of now. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that he has been able to accumulate a good figure in terms of his net worth throughout his career in the film industry. However, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same.
Ian James Lee Career
Lee began working for CNN on New Year’s Eve 2010, following a church bombing in Alexandria, Egypt. One of Lee’s Tweets from the January 25 Revolution is cited in Kate Bussmann’s book A Twitter Year: 365 Days in 140 Characters. Lee’s Tweets are also archived by the American University in Cairo’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library as part of blogs, Twitter feeds, local and regional media coverage, and other sites related to the January 25th Revolution. Lee is also quoted in Susan Green’s, Mark Lodato’s, B. William Silcock’s, and Carol Schwalbe’s book News Now: Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age.
Lee was injured in Sirte by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) that exploded next to him while covering the Libyan Revolution in 2011. It killed an ambulance driver and pierced his leg with shrapnel. During Egypt’s 2013-15 detention of Al-Jazeera journalists, CNN’s Lee appeared on the Al Jazeera English news channel several times to express solidarity with the imprisoned journalists. Mohamed Fahmy’s book The Marriott Cell: An Epic Journey from Cairo’s Scorpion Prison to Freedom documents Lee’s coverage of the Al Jazeera trial. Lee was on board the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas in the Atlantic Ocean to cover the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse. He was on Anderson Cooper 360° while on the cruise liner, experiencing totality.
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