# Jennifer 8 Lee Affiliate Journalist, Entrepreneur Documentary Producer, Emoji Activist ![JENNIFER 8 LEE](/sites/g/files/omnuum5006/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-03/JENNIFER%208%20LEE.png?h=055147a7&itok=VE3Cb-th) email I'm a journalist, entrepreneur, documentary producer, and emoji activist. I graduated with a degree in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard, where I was vice president of The Harvard Crimson and lived in Pforzheimer House. Now I'm CEO of Plympton, a literary studio that innovates in digital publishing with notable writers like Min Jin Lee, Curtis Sittenfeld, and George Saunders. Among my own creative work, I wrote the New York Times-bestselling book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles and produced The Search for General Tso, both which explore how Chinese food is all-American. As one of the youngest full New York Times reporters, I wrote an article that popularized the term "man date." I co-founded Emojination, a grassroots group whose motto is "emoji by the people, for the people." We successfully lobbied for a dumpling, hijab and interracial couple emojis among dozens of others. Now I'm a vice-chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee. I also do projects on misinformation, having co-founded the Credibility Coalition and MisinfoCon. As such, I co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Futures Council for Media, Entertainment and Culture. I serve on the Harvard Magazine's board of incorporators and and the Nieman Foundation advisory board. Other boards I "nonprofit" on include the Center for Public Integrity, MuckRock Foundation, the Digital Public Library of America, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Hacks/Hackers and the Pulitzer Prize-winning InsideClimate News. I also serve on committees for the New York Public Library Young Lions, the Robert F. Kennedy journalism awards. If you want to discuss documentaries, journalism, misinformation, emoji or non-profits, come talk to me! - ## Role [Senior Common Room](/role/senior-common-room) [Affiliates](/role/affiliates)