Jennifer 8 Lee Bio | Wiki
Jennifer 8 Lee is an American journalist, entrepreneur, documentary producer, and seed investor. She is the co-founder and president of the literary studio Plympton. Also, Jennifer serves as a producer on The Search for General Tso. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014. She previously worked for The New York Times. In addition to her role as a producer, Jennifer is also a vice-chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee.
The committee is responsible for making recommendations relating to emojis to the Unicode Technical Committee. Jennifer was inspired by the universality of the dumpling across cultures and cuisines ( such as jiaozi in China, pierogi in Poland, ravioli in Italy, and empanadas in different Latin American countries). Jennifer assisted in making the dumpling emoji a candidate. As an writer, Jennifer co-authored the proposal for a hijab emoji.
Jennifer 8 Lee Age
She was born on March 15, 1976, in New York City, United States of America. Jennifer is 46 years old
Jennifer 8 Lee Height
She is a woman of average stature. Jennifer stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in ( Approx 1.6 m).
Jennifer 8 Lee Family
She was born and raised by her parents in New York City. Her parents are immigrants from Kinmen. Kinmen is a group of islands off the coast of China’s Fujian province that is governed by Taiwan. She chose “8” as her middle name when she was a teenager since she was not given a middle name at birth. The number eight in Chinese culture symbolizes prosperity and good luck.
Jennifer 8 Lee Husband
The 46-year-old American journalist and entrepreneur is a bit secretive when it comes to her personal life. The Harvard College graduate has not publicly shared her marital status.
Jennifer 8 Lee Education
She attended Hunter College High School based in Manhattan and graduated in 1994. From there, Jenniffer enrolled at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated in 1999 with a degree in applied mathematics and economics. While in college, Jennifer served as the vice president of The Harvard Crimson student newspaper. Also, she interned at The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsday.
Jennifer 8 Lee New York Times
She became part of The New York Times in 2001, one and a half years after graduating from Harvard University. Jennifer accepted a buyout from The New York Times in December 2009. In a 2005 New York Times article, she attempted to popularize the term “man date” which subsequently inspired the 2009 film titled I Love You, Man which starred Paul Rudd. Jennifer has served on the advisory panel for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s “News Challenge.”
Also, she has assisted the whistleblowing site called WikiLeaks which deals with the press and with social networking sites. In April 2010, Jennifer helped the organization with the release of a video showing the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Public Integrity, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, as well as the Advisory Board of the Nieman Foundation. Apart from that, Jennifer is also an advisor to Upworthy. Jennifer and fellow writer Yael Goldstein Love founded a literary studio in 2011 called Plympton, Inc.
It mainly focuses on publishing serialized fiction for digital platforms. Some of the studio investors include Quora co-founder Charlie Cheever, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu (author of “The Master Switch”), Inkling founder Matt MacInnis, Hipmunk founder Adam Goldstein, Delicious founder Joshua Schachter, Y Combinator partner Garry Tan, and Tony Hsieh’s Vegas Tech Fund. In September 2012. the studio launched its first series as part of the Kindle Serials program. In March 2014 a mobile reading service for iOS7 was launched as an app Rooster.
Jennifer 8 Lee NewsDiffs
Jennifer created a website called NewsDiffs in 2012. The website archives article revisions from The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, the BBC, and Politico. She was assisted in creating the website by two brothers who were programmers, Tddium employee Greg Price and MIT graduate student Eric Price. As a team, they built the website in 38 hours (including sleep) during the June 16–17, 2012, Knight-Mozilla-M.I.T. hackathon at the MIT Media Lab. Currently, Jennifer serves as a producer for the documentary Artificial Gamer.
Jennifer 8 Lee Book
She authored a book titled The Fortune Cookie Chronicles about the history of Chinese food in the United States and around the world. The book documented the process on Jennifer’s blog and was published in 2008. Warner Books editor Jonathan Karp struck a deal with Jennifer to write a book about “how Chinese food is more all-American than apple pie.” Later, Jennifer appeared on The Colbert Report to promote the book. On the New York Times Best Seller list, the book was #26.
Jennifer 8 Lee Salary
She is the current president of the literary studio Plympton and the producer of The Search for General Tso. Jennifer earns an average salary of $204,784 per year.
Jennifer 8 Lee Net Worth
She is an American journalist, entrepreneur, documentary producer, and seed investor. Jennifer has accumulated an estimated net worth of $3,684,782
How Old Is Jennifer 8 Lee
Jennifer is 46 years old. She was born on March 15, 1976, in New York City, United States of America.
Who Is Jennifer 8 Lee
Jennifer is an American journalist, entrepreneur, documentary producer, and seed investor. She is the co-founder and president of the literary studio Plympton. Also, Jennifer serves as a producer on The Search for General Tso.
How Tall Is Jennifer 8 Lee
She is a woman of average stature who stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in ( Approx 1.6 m).