People often think that reporters write their own headlines. In fact, they almost never do. The people who do write headlines are the copy editors who are the front and last lines of quality-checking in a newspaper before it goes to print. Jennifer Lee checkcopyeditor share on social
My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese. Jennifer Lee abcamericanbear Change image and share on social
In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my childhood, with odd roast-turkey experiments involving sticky-rice stuffing or newfangled basting techniques that we read about in magazines. Jennifer Lee americanbastechildhood share on social
The worst headline is one that contains a factual error. Bad headlines are ones that are bland, and don't tell the reader anything specific, like 'Democrats at it Again.' Jennifer Lee badblanddemocrat Change image and share on social
Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story. Jennifer Lee dependheadlinelayout Change image and share on social
The Chinese use every spare bit of an animal: cow lungs, pig ears, chicken feet, duck blood. Jennifer Lee animalbiteblood Change image and share on social
Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime. Jennifer Lee activitychineseconstant Change image and share on social
With wok cooking, you chop things up into little pieces for maximum surface area, so they can cook in minutes, if not seconds. Sauteing is energy efficient; baking is not. Jennifer Lee areabakechop Change image and share on social
When I signed up for Google Plus, it recommended 500 people for me to invite. You know, and once I invited those 500 people I got another 500 people. So it has a huge install base that it can start from. Jennifer Lee basegooglehuge share on social
Some books that I've read on the Kindle, I've been like, 'I want that on my shelf.' Because it says, 'I'm the kind of person who has read this.' The kind of books that says, 'I'm serious and intellectual and historical and race-conscious.' Jennifer Lee bookconscioushave share on social
