Jennifer 8. Lee
- January 10, 2024
- Journalist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Jennifer 8. Lee |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 15, 1976(1976-03-15) |
| Age | 48 |
| Birthplace | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Jennifer 8. Lee Biography
| Name | Jennifer 8. Lee |
| Birthday | Mar 15 |
| Birth Year | 1976 |
| Place Of Birth | New York City |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Jennifer 8. Lee is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on March 15, 1976 in New York City, United States. Lee was born on March 15, 1976, in New York City, to immigrants from Kinmen, Taiwan, an island off the coast of China’s Fujian province. Lee was not given a middle name at birth so she chose “8.” when she was a teenager. In Chinese culture, the number eight symbolizes prosperity and good luck. She graduated from Hunter College High School in Manhattan in 1994. Lee graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1999 with a degree in applied mathematics and economics.
Lee has served on the advisory panel for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s “News Challenge”, and has assisted the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, dealing with the press and with social networking sites. She helped the organization with its April 2010 release of a video showing the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike. Lee serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Public Integrity, the Advisory Board of the Nieman Foundation, and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. She is also an advisor to Upworthy.
In December 2009, Lee accepted a buyout from The New York Times.
In 2011, Lee and fellow writer Yael Goldstein Love founded a literary studio named Plympton, Inc. The studio focuses on publishing serialized fiction for digital platforms. Investors include Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Y Combinator partner Garry Tan, Delicious founder Joshua Schachter, Hipmunk founder Adam Goldstein, Inkling founder Matt MacInnis, Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu (author of “The Master Switch”), Quora co-founder Charlie Cheever, and Tony Hsieh’s Vegas Tech Fund. Its first series launched in September 2012 as part of the Kindle Serials program. Its app Rooster, launched in March 2014, is a mobile reading service for iOS7.
Lee attempted to popularize the term “man date” in a 2005 New York Times article, which subsequently inspired the 2009 film I Love You, Man starring Paul Rudd.
Jennifer 8. Lee Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Journalist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jennifer 8. Lee is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jennifer 8. Lee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Jennifer 8. Lee (Chinese name: 李競 ; pinyin: Lǐ Jìng; POJ: Lí Kēng) (born March 15, 1976) is an American journalist who previously worked for The New York Times. She is also the co-founder and president of the literary studio Plympton, as well as a producer on The Search for General Tso, which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.
While a student at Harvard, Lee was the vice president of The Harvard Crimson student newspaper. She interned at The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Newsday, and The New York Times during college. She joined the Times in 2001, one and a half years after graduating from Harvard.
Published in 2008, Lee wrote a book about the history of Chinese food in the United States and around the world, titled The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, documenting the process on her blog. Warner Books editor Jonathan Karp struck a deal with Lee to write a book about “how Chinese food is more all-American than apple pie.” She appeared on The Colbert Report to promote the book. The book was #26 on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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