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Korean American journalist (born 1928)

Lee covered the civil rights struggles in the South in the early 1960s, massive vote buying practices in southern West Virginia, and the plight of Appalachian coal miners. Lee is best known for writing an investigative series on the conviction of immigrant Chol Soo Lee for a 1973 San Francisco Chinatown gangland murder which became the basis of the 1989 film True Believer, starring James Woods and Robert Downey Jr. His series of 120 articles over five years led to a new trial, eventual acquittal and release of the prisoner from San Quentin's Death Row. After entering semi retirement, Lee lectured on investigative journalism in communities of color in the University of California system. He also continues to serve on the editorial board of ColorLines Magazine and has freelanced as a columnist for Currents, The Korea Times Bi lingual Edition, Korean Quarterly and KoreAm Journal. He had three children with his wife Peggy.

In 1968, he received the Urban Service Award from the U. S. Office of Economic Opportunity for outstanding coverage of the poor. In 1979, he was awarded first place for Best Series of Articles by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. In 1987, he was the first recipient of the Asian American Journalists Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1992, he was presented the John Anson Ford Award by the Human Relations Commission of L. A. County. In 1994, he became the first Asian journalist to receive the Free Spirit Award from the Freedom Forum. In 1997, he was inducted into the Newseum's Journalism History Gallery in Arlington, VA. In 2000, he was profiled in Crusaders, Scoundrels, Journalists: The Newseum's Most Intriguing Newspeople.