Yoonj Kim is an American journalist, television correspondent, and writer. She is a correspondent at MTV and was a correspondent and producer at

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, where she hosted the documentary show ''Journalista''. She was also a former on-air talent and producer for the ''TPL Disrupt'' documentary series on

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's Pivot.

Career

At ''Playboy'', Kim was a founding talent and producer of its documentary and news video division. She covered stories on drug policy and subcultures for her show ''Journalista''. Previously she reported and produced for Vocativ and has appeared in its segments for

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. Topics covered include marijuana legislation and female incarceration. She hosted Participant Media's hour-long documentary special on the open defecation crisis in New Delhi, India. As a writer, Kim was a columnist for

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, writing on the intersection of race and the entertainment industry based on her personal experiences as a former model.

Personal life

Kim got her start in the television industry when veteran television producer Mitch Koss read an article she wrote for ''Slate''. Koss, who previously mentored

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and

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, recruited her to develop and host documentary programming for television.

References

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