Luke McGee

UK and European Policy and Politics Editor

Luke McGee is the UK and European Policy and Politics Editor for CNN Digital.
Luke McGee

About

Luke McGee is the UK and European Policy and Politics Editor for CNN Digital.

Prior to his current role, McGee worked as a senior digital producer, writing and reporting across a range of European and international stories.

Since joining CNN in 2016, he has reported extensively on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union and the impact that has had on both the UK and the EU.

More recently, he has focused on the specific issues facing the EU after the UK’s departure and written extensively on its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and its ambitions to become a geopolitical power.

In the UK, McGee has written extensively on the career of Boris Johnson since becoming prime minister, often writing deeply-reported analysis on what is happening behind closed doors in the corridors of power.

He has interviewed multiple cabinet ministers from multiple countries and worked on interviews with numerous world leaders.

Before joining CNN, McGee was a deputy editor at the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. He has also worked for HuffPost, the Times of London and the Sun newspaper.