Jennifer 8. Lee
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- For the 1992 film, see Jennifer Eight.
Many Chinese and Japanese names contain numbers written in characters. Lee's parents, who are from Taiwan, added the number eight (the Chinese character 八) to Lee's name while she was a teenager (presumably with her consent). For many Chinese, the number eight symbolizes prosperity and good luck.
Lee graduated from Harvard University (class of 1999) and Hunter College High School. She interned at The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Newsday and The New York Times while working on her applied mathematics and economics degree. She joined the Times in 2001, one and a half years after graduating from Harvard.
A February 3, 2004, New York Sun article portrayed Lee, then based in Washington, D.C., as someone known as much for her grand parties as for her byline and profession. Exactly one year later, an item in the Washington Post reported that Lee was being sued by her former Washington landlady, who claimed Lee's parties caused about $148,000 in damage to the landlady's condominium.
References
- Jennifer 8. Lee. "Yes, 8 is my middle name." The Boston Globe. August 8, 1996. Page E1.
- Mayerson-Schneider, Anna. ["Meet D.C.'s Hostess of the Mostest"], The New York Sun. (February 3 2004)
- Leiby, Richard. ["An Early Clash of the Titans"], The Washington Post. (February 3 2005)
- Nugent, Katherine. ["New York Times Reporter Tells Students to Ask the Right Questions."], Medill School of Jourmalism. (November 22 2005)
- Jennifer 8. Lee. "In Chinatowns, All Sojourners Can Feel Hua". New York Times pp. B29, B37. (January 27 2006). Hua means Chinese. Huabu means Chinatown. Huaqiao means Chinese sojourners (overseas Chinese). Lee celebrates the Chinatowns in her hometown, New York City.
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