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Pauleen Le

Pauleen Le is an Emmy award-winning journalist who joined WCCO-TV in April 2022. You can catch her daily reports on WCCO Mornings starting at 5 a.m. She also anchors from 8:30-9 a.m. each weekday morning on our streaming service CBS News Minnesota.

She is a first generation Asian-American and is originally from Eagan.

Pauleen began her career as a general assignment reporter in La Crosse, Wis. She also made stops in Green Bay, Wis. and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Prior to WCCO, she served as morning anchor at CBS 58 in Milwaukee, Wis.

Pauleen's reports on some of the biggest stories in the last decade have been seen on HLN, CBS Mornings and the BBC.

She has received 14 Emmy nominations and won a dozen Wisconsin Broadcaster Association awards.

She's a graduate of the University of St. Thomas and Two Rivers High School (formerly Henry Sibley High School).

In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with family and friends and checking out the Twin Cities restaurant scene.

Pauleen is a member of the Asian American Journalist Association.

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