Jean Mackenzie is a foreign correspondent and documentary maker for the BBC. She is currently (2023) based in Seoul, covering the Korean Peninsula. Jean has reported from across Europe, seeking out under-reported countries, including the Balkans and Baltics, and has spent time in the Middle East. She covered Italy during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the political uprising in Belarus, and the economic collapse of Lebanon.
Before her work abroad, she reported for the BBC's BAFTA-award-winning Victoria Derbyshire Programme, where she pursued her passion for reporting on women's rights and where her investigative journalism led to the change of several laws. Part-Scottish, part-Londoner, Jean was born in Scandinavia and grew up in the UK. Mackenzie graduated from the University of Nottingham.
