Jennifer 8. Lee Explained

Jennifer 8. Lee
Birthname:Jennifer Lee
Birth Date:March 15, 1976
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Education:Harvard University (BA)
Occupation:Journalist
Credits:The New York Times

Jennifer 8. Lee (Chinese name: Chinese: 李競;[1] pinyin: Chinese: Lǐ Jìng; POJ: Lí Kēng; born March 15, 1976) is an American journalist who previously worked for The New York Times. She is the co-founder and president of the literary studio Plympton and a producer of The Search for General Tso, which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.[2]

Lee is a vice-chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee,[3] which is responsible for making recommendations relating to emoji to the Unicode Technical Committee. Inspired by the universality of the dumpling across cultures and cuisines (e.g., jiaozi in China, ravioli in Italy, pierogi in Poland, empanadas in various Latin American countries), she helped to make the dumpling emoji a candidate.[4] [5] She also co-authored the proposal for a hijab emoji.[6]

Early life and education

Lee was born on March 15, 1976, in New York City, to immigrants from Kinmen, a group of islands off the coast of China's Fujian province governed by Taiwan.[7] [8] Lee was not given a middle name at birth so she chose "8." when she was a teenager.[9] [1] [10] In Chinese culture, the number eight symbolizes prosperity and good luck.

Lee graduated from Hunter College High School in Manhattan in 1994. She then graduated from Harvard University in 1999 with a degree in applied mathematics and economics.[11]

Career

While a student at Harvard, Lee was the vice president of The Harvard Crimson student newspaper.[12] 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.

Lee wrote a book about the history of Chinese food in the United States and around the world, titled The Fortune Cookie Chronicles,[8] 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."[13] She appeared on The Colbert Report to promote the book.[14] Published in 2008, the book was #26 on the New York Times Best Seller list.[15]

In December 2009, Lee accepted a buyout from The New York Times.[16]

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.[17] [18]

Lee has served on the advisory panel for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's "News Challenge", and has assisted the whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks dealing with publicity.[19] She helped the organization with its April 2010 release of a video showing the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike.[20] Lee serves on the board of directors of the Center for Public Integrity,[21] the advisory board of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism,[22] and the Asian American Writers' Workshop.[23] She is also an advisor to Upworthy.[24]

In 2011, Lee and fellow writer Yael Goldstein Love founded a literary studio named Plympton, Inc.[25] The studio focuses on publishing serialized fiction for digital platforms.[26] 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, Quora co-founder Charlie Cheever, and Tony Hsieh's Vegas Tech Fund.[27] Its first series launched in September 2012 as part of the Kindle Serials program.[28] Its app Rooster, launched in March 2014, is a mobile reading service for iOS7.[29]

In 2012, Lee created NewsDiffs, a website that archives article revisions from The New York Times, CNN, Politico, The Washington Post, and the BBC, with two brothers who were programmers, MIT graduate student Eric Price and Tddium employee Greg Price.[30] [31] [32] 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.[30]

Lee is a producer of the documentary Artificial Gamer.[33]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lee. ((Jennifer 8.)). Someone added my Chinese name to my Wikipedia entry in simplified :(form. March 17, 2008. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles official website. March 10, 2014. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204506/http://www.fortunecookiechronicles.com/blog/2008/03/17/someone-added-my-chinese-name-to-my-wikipedia-entry/. live.
  2. Web site: Foundas. Scott. Tribeca Film Review: 'The Search for General Tso'. Variety. April 23, 2014. June 16, 2014. July 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140713180112/http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/tribeca-film-review-the-search-for-general-tso-1201161639/. live.
  3. Web site: Unicode Emoji . Unicode Consortium . October 27, 2017 . November 3, 2017 . November 5, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171105082338/http://www.unicode.org/emoji/#Unicode_Emoji_Subcommittee . live .
  4. Web site: Warzel . Charlie . December 20, 2015 . One Woman's Bizarre, Delightful Quest To Change Emojis Forever . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161018232656/https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/there-will-be-dumplings . October 18, 2016 . 17 October 2016 . Buzzfeed.
  5. Web site: Kar . Ian . February 11, 2016 . Dumplings and fortune cookies: Your emoji are about to get even more diverse . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019011220/http://qz.com/613227/your-emojis-are-going-to-get-even-more-asian/ . October 19, 2016 . 17 October 2016 . Quartz.
  6. Web site: Farber . Madeline . September 15, 2016 . Unicode Is Considering a Hijab Emoji . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161022172220/http://fortune.com/2016/09/15/muslim-teen-hijab-emoji/ . October 22, 2016 . 17 October 2016 . Fortune.com.
  7. Web site: Ask a Reporter: Jennifer 8. Lee . . May 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628065620/http://tv.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Jennifer_Lee.html . June 28, 2011 .
  8. Book: Lee, ((Jennifer 8.)) . The Fortune Cookie Chronicles . 2008 . Twelve Books . New York, NY . 978-0-446-69897-9 . 225870250 . registration .
  9. News: Horne . Jim . . Lucky Number 8 . January 2, 2009 . November 22, 2008 . March 26, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090326000920/http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/fortune/ . live .
  10. News: Lee . ((Jennifer 8.)) . Yes, 8 is my middle name. . . August 8, 1996 . E1 . quora.com . July 3, 2020 . July 3, 2020 . https://archive.today/20200703081424/https://www.quora.com/Jennifer-8-Lee/Why-does-Jennifer-8-Lee-have-a-numerical-middle-initial . live .
  11. Web site: March 18, 2019 . Lee featured in Harvard Magazine . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201203230436/https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2019/03/lee-featured-harvard-magazine . December 3, 2020 . 2020-12-05 . Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  12. Web site: The Harvard Crimson Online: Staff . https://web.archive.org/web/19981205081638/http://www.thecrimson.com/static/staff.html . dead . December 5, 1998 . The Harvard Crimson . February 18, 2020 .
  13. Web site: October 13, 2008 . Jennifer 8. Lee Attracts Americans with Chinese Food . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081017201004/http://www.womenofchina.cn/Profiles/Writers/206808.jsp . 17 October 2008 . . Xinhua.
  14. Web site: Jennifer 8. Lee . The Colbert Report . March 4, 2008 . cc.com . July 3, 2020 . July 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703092629/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/86yukf/the-colbert-report-jennifer-8--lee . dead .
  15. News: Best Sellers, Hardcover Nonfiction . March 30, 2008 . . February 22, 2017 . October 21, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151021220417/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/books/bestseller/0330besthardnonfiction.html . live .
  16. Web site: Koblin . John . December 9, 2009 . Jennifer 8. Lee Taking Times Buyout . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119132317/http://www.observer.com/2009/media/jennifer-8-lee-taking-times-buyout . January 19, 2012 . June 11, 2012 . New York Observer.
  17. Web site: Times Goes Hollywood: Gives Content Work to Beverly Hills Group. New York Observer. Liu. Jonathan. August 21, 2006. June 17, 2014. April 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402191813/http://observer.com/2006/08/itimesi-goes-hollywood-gives-content-work-to-beverly-hills-group/. live.
  18. Web site: Ventura . Elbert . March 18, 2009 . I Love You, Man . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101144649/http://reverseshot.com/article/i_love_you_man . November 1, 2013 . June 16, 2014 . Reverse Shot.
  19. News: Cook . John . June 17, 2010 . WikiLeaks questions why it was rejected for Knight grant . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100927213302/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100617/ts_ynews/ynews_ts2677_3 . 27 September 2010.
  20. Web site: Hendler . Clint . April 5, 2010 . WikiLeaks Releases Video Showing Death of Reuters Staff . 2023-01-07 . . en.
  21. Web site: Board of Directors. Center for Public Integrity. June 10, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120701143630/http://www.iwatchnews.org/about/our-people/board-of-directors. July 1, 2012. mdy-all.
  22. Web site: About The Foundation Advisory Board. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism. October 26, 2012. October 7, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121007155504/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/AboutTheFoundation/AdvisoryBoard.aspx. live.
  23. Web site: Read the Margins – About. Read the Margins. Asian American Writers' Workshop. October 26, 2012. October 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027170556/http://aaww.org/about/#.UIsShsXLSSp. live.
  24. Web site: Upworthy. The Paley Center for Media. March 18, 2014. February 22, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213246/http://www.paleycenter.org/nbt-upworthy. live.
  25. Web site: Our Team. Plympton. October 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111202628/http://plympton.com/about/our-team/. November 11, 2012. dead.
  26. News: Denison. D.C.. Boston literary start-up lands Amazon deal. October 26, 2012. The Boston Globe. September 8, 2012. November 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121115132642/http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2012/09/07/boston-literary-start-lands-amazon-deal/szOcQBJfumV9pTthmd2HgI/story.html. live.
  27. News: Ha. Anthony. Aiming To Fit Fiction Into Busy Schedules, Rooster Is An iPhone App For Serialized Novels. March 18, 2014. TechCrunch. March 10, 2014. March 18, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140318082308/http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/10/rooster-serialized-fiction/. live.
  28. News: Bosman. Julie. E-Books Expand Their Potential With Serialized Fiction. October 26, 2012. The New York Times. September 30, 2012. October 19, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019202443/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/e-books-expand-their-potential-with-serialized-fiction/. live.
  29. News: McMurtrie. John. S.F. company launches Rooster, a new mobile reading service. March 17, 2014. SFGate. March 12, 2014. March 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315035919/http://blog.sfgate.com/bookmarks/2014/03/12/s-f-company-launches-rooster-a-new-mobile-reading-service/. live.
  30. News: Brisbane . Arthur S. . June 30, 2012 . Insider's View of Changes, From Outside . . June 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200729002406/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opinion/sunday/article-changes-are-shown-in-a-tool-created-by-outsiders.html?_r=0 . July 29, 2020 . dead .
  31. News: Silverman . Craig . June 18, 2012 . NewsDiffs tracks changes to New York Times, CNN . . June 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150618050130/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/177515/newsdiffs-tracks-changes-to-new-york-times-cnn-content/ . June 18, 2015 . dead .
  32. News: Goldenberg . Kira . February 4, 2013 . Tracking the NYT's evolving Koch obit: NewsDiffs reveals the newspaper's multiple revisions, resulting in a surge of traffic . . June 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150618050354/https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/koch_newsdiffs.php . June 18, 2015 . dead .
  33. Malan . David J. . David J. Malan . davidjmalan . 1483829614304800774 . Like to join @CS50 classmates around the world for a movie? Join us....

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