Jenna Lee

Lee, a San Francisco native, was born to Janice and Bob Lee, a former National Football League quarterback.{{cite web |url= http://www.newyork.com/articles/celebrities-love-this-city/jenna-lees-new-york-16627/ |work= New York |title= Jenna Lee's New York |date= 2013-11-04 |accessdate= 2015-08-24 |archive-date= 2015-10-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151007121234/http://www.newyork.com/articles/celebrities-love-this-city/jenna-lees-new-york-16627/ |url-status= dead }} Her brother, Zac Lee, was also a professional quarterback.{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/foxs-jenna-lee-has-a-glamorous-grind-2009-10-14 |title=Fox's Jenna Lee has a glamorous grind |last=Friedman |first=Jon |date=October 14, 2009 |website=marketwatch.com |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=831229 |title=Zac Lee player profile |website=huskers.com |accessdate=August 24, 2015}} Lee's grandfather, Paul Kern Lee, was a war correspondent for the Associated Press in San Francisco.{{cite news |date=August 9, 1996 |title=OBITUARY -- Paul Kern Lee |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/08/09/MN6976.DTL |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |location=San Francisco |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}

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.{{cite news |last=Barney |first=Chuck |date=October 23, 2008 |title=Jenna Lee rejects 'anchor babe' label |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/tv/ci_10778182 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |location=San Jose, California |accessdate=August 24, 2015}} She graduated in 2002 with a B.A. in English and global studies.{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Dave |date=February 23, 2011 |title=This Just in: UCSB grad covers the world for Fox News Channel |url=http://www.kagoon.com/this-just-in-ucsb-grad-covers-the-world-for-fox-news-channel-by-dave-mason-news-press-staff-writer/main |newspaper=Santa Barbara News-Press |location=Santa Barbara, California |accessdate=August 24, 2015}} She later attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, graduating in 2005 with a master's degree.{{cite web|url=http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/system/documents/491/original/E-News_July_2011.pdf |title=Columbia Journalism School E-News |date=July 8, 2011 |website=journalism.columbia.edu |page=5 |access-date=August 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185834/http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/system/documents/491/original/E-News_July_2011.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}

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

While at Forbes, Lee tried to orchestrate a permanent move in front of the camera.{{cite news |last=Huff |first=Richard |date=May 31, 2009 |title=Jenna Lee's tenacity paved road to Fox biz anchor job |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/jenna-lee-tenacity-paved-road-fox-biz-anchor-job-article-1.377904#ixzz0HBvHP6OK&A |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York City |accessdate=August 24, 2015}} Using some on-camera work she compiled from her time at Forbes, she was hired by Fox Business Network.

Lee was hired by FOX News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes in 2007. 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.{{cite news |date=October 15, 2007 |title=Fox Business Network Debuts |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fox-business-network-debuts/ |newspaper=CBS News |location=New York City |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}

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.{{cite journal |last=Shields |first=Mike |date=February 9, 2009 |title=FBN Preps Live Daily Web Series |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/fbn-preps-live-daily-web-series-98162 |journal=Adweek |accessdate=August 24, 2015}} 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.{{cite news |last=Flint |first=Joe |date=December 23, 2009 |title=The Business Behind The Show |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/12/no-immediate-successor-for-fox-business-networks-glick-whose-ratings-were-in-red.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}

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.{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Matea |date=May 26, 2010 |title=What You're Watching |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/05/fox-business-replaces-happy-hour-with-new-show-hosted-by-former-cnner-gerri-willis.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/07/jenna-lee-joins-fox-news_n_638455.html |title=Jenna Lee Joins Fox News' 'Happening Now' |date=July 7, 2010 |website=huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-jenna-lee-named-co-anchor-of-fox-news-happening-now/ |title=Breaking: Jenna Lee Named Co-Anchor Of Fox News' Happening Now |last=Krakauer |first=Steve |date=July 7, 2010 |website=mediaite.com |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/fox-business-networks-jenna-lee-heads-to-fox-news-channel-2010-7 |title=Fox Business Network's Jenna Lee Heads To Fox News Channel |last=Pompeo |first=Joe |date=July 7, 2010 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=August 24, 2015}} She was the first personality to go from Fox Business Network to Fox News Channel.

On June 2, 2017, Lee announced on Happening Now that she was leaving Fox News immediately to pursue other projects and opportunities.{{Cite web |last=Concha |first=Joe |date=2017-06-02 |title=Fox's Jenna Lee announces decision to leave the network |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/336136-foxs-jenna-lee-announces-decision-to-leave-the-network/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}} In 2018, Lee launched the SmartHer News, which she described as a "fact based, nonpartisan" digital news platform.{{Cite web |last=Yost |first=Teal |date=2021-06-14 |title=Journalist builds platform committed to unbiased news - Military Spouses |url=https://militaryfamilies.com/military-spouses/journalist-builds-platform-committed-to-unbiased-news/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Military Families |language=en-US}}

On July 3, 2011, Lee married Lieutenant Commander Leif Babin, a former Navy SEAL officer, in Wimberley, Texas.{{cite news |last=Mallozzi |first=Vincent M. |date=July 2, 2011 |title=Jenna Lee, Leif Babin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/weddings/jenna-lee-leif-babn-weddings.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City |accessdate=August 24, 2015}} 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. The couple met at the 2008 Navy SEAL Warrior Fund dinner held in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria New York. She has stated that after meeting Babin she gained a better understanding of life for military families and the impact of war.{{Cite web |last=Castro |first=Danilo |date=2017-06-02 |title=Jenna Lee Leaves Fox News: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |url=https://heavy.com/news/2017/06/jenna-lee-leaves-fox-news-happening-now-family-husband-net-worth-career/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Heavy.com |language=en-US}}

Lee and Babin have three children.{{Cite magazine |last=Ariens |first=Chris |date=September 3, 2014 |title=Jenna Lee Gives Birth to Brian Marc Babin |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jenna-lee-gives-birth-to-brian-marc-babin/238788 |journal=Adweek |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2016 |title=It's a Girl! Jenna Lee & Husband Leif Babin Introduce Liberty |url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/04/08/jenna-lee-has-baby-daughter-liberty |website=Fox News Channel |accessdate=April 11, 2016}}{{Cite magazine |last=Joyella |first=Mark |date=April 8, 2016 |title=A Daughter Named Liberty for FNC's Jenna Lee |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/a-daughter-named-liberty-for-fncs-jenna-lee/290075 |magazine=Adweek |accessdate=April 11, 2016}} Through social media she announced she now lives in Texas.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

Lee appeared in the October 2009 edition of Cosmopolitan with an accompanying photo spread detailing her wardrobe strategy.{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the_ticker/the_ticker_newseum_hunter_lee_130503.asp |title=The Ticker: Newseum, Hunter, Lee |last=Allocca |first=Kevin |date=September 8, 2009 |website=mediabistro.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923154132/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the_ticker/the_ticker_newseum_hunter_lee_130503.asp |archive-date=September 23, 2009 |access-date=August 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/Jenna_lee_Cosmo.pdf |title=Cosmopolitan |date=October 2009 |website=mediabistro.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007175411/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/Jenna_lee_Cosmo.pdf |archivedate=October 7, 2009 |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_300/355_jenna-lee-interview.html |title=Jenna Lee Interview |last=Anson |first=Jasper |website=askmen.com |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}

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