[3] She was quickly appointed a White House reporter, and in December 2019 Politico observed that she was "seen within the press corps as having one of the best relationships with Trump and his staff.
[8][9][10][11] In October 2020, Jacobs broke the story that Hope Hicks, a senior White House official and close confidante of Donald Trump, had been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
[12] Noting that the administration had attempted to prevent this information from becoming public, New York Magazine stated that without Jacobs' scoop, "the world might still be in the dark" about the White House COVID-19 outbreak.
[12] In August 2024, Bloomberg broke the story of the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and others in a prisoner exchange deal with Russia.
I apologized immediately on Thursday to Emma Tucker; given the Wall Street Journal's tireless efforts on their reporter’s behalf, this was clearly their story to lead the way on.