He read music at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating in 2005[5] and was a gifted cellist, reaching the final of the Texaco Young Musician of Wales competition in 1999.
[7] After leaving university, Jenkins lived in Japan where he studied Japanese and wrote articles for The Guardian newspaper's Comment is Free website.
[8] He studied at Cardiff University School of Journalism[9] during which time he developed a popular political blog, Blamerbell Briefs.
[15] Jenkins also won the Current Affairs category at the Celtic Media Awards 2012 for his investigation, Cash for Qualifications, which exposed potential visa and exam fraud at the University of Wales.
[16] His earlier investigation, University Challenged,[17] won Best News, Current Affairs & Sport programme at BAFTA Wales in 2011.