Jacobson joined Raw Story in 2023 with an extensive track record of social justice, education, consumer affairs, health care, tech and data science reporting. Her reporting has been published by numerous national outlets including ABC News, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Reporter.
Jacobson's investigative work has been recognized with a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and Peter Lisagor Award, and she recently earned first place prizes from the Chicago Journalists Association, National Federation of Press Women and the Illinois Woman's Press Association. Her Raw Story exclusive reports about members of Congress violating a federal law designed to stop insider trading, curb financial conflicts of interest and enhance public transparency won first place in the 2023 ION Awards contest.
She earned her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and has taught journalism classes at Northwestern University and DePaul University. She's also a skilled multimedia journalist, particularly in the realm of news and documentary video reporting and editing.