Jenna Lee

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Jenna Lee
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Lee in 2007
Born (1980-05-30) May 30, 1980 (age 43)
Education
Occupation(s) Journalist, television news presenter
Employer Fox Entertainment Group
Spouse
Leif Babin
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(m. 2011)​
Children3
Parent(s)Janice and Bob Lee
Relatives Zac Lee (brother)

Jennifer Anne "Jenna" Lee (born May 30, 1980 [1] ) is an American journalist and former anchor on the Fox News, where she co-hosted Happening Now with Jon Scott. Lee had previously co-anchored Fox Business' early-morning business news program, Fox Business Morning, with Connell McShane. [2]

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Early life and education

Lee, a San Francisco native, was born to Janice and Bob Lee, a former National Football League quarterback. [3] Her brother, Zac Lee, was also a professional quarterback. [4] [5] Lee's grandfather, Paul Kern Lee, was a war correspondent for the Associated Press in San Francisco. [6]

Lee attended college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she played collegiate softball for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos during the 1999 season. [7] She graduated in 2002 with a B.A. in English and global studies. [8] She later attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, graduating in 2005 with a master's degree. [9]

Career

Career beginnings

After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Lee worked from 2002 to 2004 at Marina Times, a San Francisco community newspaper, as a freelance reporter on her spare time. [8] Later, she enrolled at Columbia University, where she worked at NY1 and did freelance writing for Forbes.com. [8] She left NY1 and joined Forbes full-time. [8]

While at Forbes, Lee tried to orchestrate a permanent move in front of the camera. [10] Using some on-camera work she compiled from her time at Forbes, she was hired by Fox Business Network. [10]

Fox Business Network

Lee was hired by FOX News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes in 2007. [11] With Nicole Petallides, the duo were the original anchors of Fox Business Morning on Fox Business Network when the channel made its debut on October 15, 2007. [12] [8]

FOX later added Lee as a contributor to Money for Breakfast and as an anchor to the web-only FoxBusiness.com Live Morning Edition, which launched in February 2009. [8] [10] [13] Upon the cancellation of Money for Breakfast in December 2009, Lee gained a role on Imus in the Morning , the show that took its time slot. [14]

The last airing of Fox Business Morning was in May 2010, after which it was replaced by Best of Imus as the lead-in to Imus in the Morning. [15]

Transition to Fox News Channel

Lee left Fox Business Network in July 2010 and joined Fox News Channel, where she replaced Jane Skinner as Jon Scott's co-anchor on Happening Now . [16] [17] [11] She was the first personality to go from Fox Business Network to Fox News Channel. [16] [11]

On June 2, 2017, Lee announced on Happening Now that she was leaving Fox News immediately to pursue other projects and opportunities. [18] In 2018, Lee launched the SmartHer News, which she described as a "fact based, nonpartisan" digital news platform. [19]

In the media

Lee appeared in the October 2009 edition of Cosmopolitan with an accompanying photo spread detailing her wardrobe strategy. [20] [21] [22]

Personal life

On July 3, 2011, Lee married Lieutenant Commander Leif Babin, a former Navy SEAL officer, in Wimberley, Texas. [23] Babin, a recipient of a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart for service in Anbar Province, Iraq, in 2006, is the son of US Congressman Brian Babin. [23] The couple met at the 2008 Navy SEAL Warrior Fund dinner held in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria New York. [23] She has stated that after meeting Babin she gained a better understanding of life for military families, and of the impact of war. [24] [19]

Lee and Babin have three children, [19] including Brian Marc Babin and Liberty Josephine Babin. [25] [26] [27] Through social media she announced she now lives in Texas.[ citation needed ]

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