Education
A native of Mountain. Prospect, Illinois, Jacobson graduated from John Hersey High School in 1987 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa with a bachelor"s degree in broadcasting and film in 1991.
A native of Mountain. Prospect, Illinois, Jacobson graduated from John Hersey High School in 1987 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa with a bachelor"s degree in broadcasting and film in 1991.
She was the Sigma Chi sweetheart in 1989. Prior to joining WMAQ-television, Jacobson worked at WJBK-television in Detroit, KVIA-television in El Paso, Texas, KOLD-television in Tucson, Arizona, and, starting in 1992, KSAX-television in Alexandria, Minnesota. She started out with an internship at KGAN-television based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
She has also appeared on the Today show four times.
Jacobson had been covering the story of Lisa Stebic"s unexplained disappearance. On July 10, 2007, Jacobson and WMAQ-television negotiated her exit, following an investigation by the station.
On July 7, 2008, the Chicago Sun-Times reported "On Monday, Jacobson filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Columbia Broadcasting System-owned WBBM-TV-television-Channel 2 for airing the tape of her at the home of Craig Stebic, the southwest suburban Plainfield man whose estranged wife, Lisa, has been missing since April 2007." That lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice on July 5, 2013, after the court ruled Jacobson failed to show Columbia Broadcasting System fabricated unfavorable content about her, the judge finding that the critical comments and other material in the Columbia Broadcasting System piece were "constitutionally protected expressions of opinion," or based on facts. Jacobson"s attorney indicated that she will appeal the dismissal of the lawsuit.
Jacobson made frequent guest appearances on "Livin" Large with Geoff Pinkus" on WIND (Department of Administration and Management) and worked as a traffic and news reporter for World's Largest Store (Department of Administration and Management) from 2008 to 2010, beginning on the Roe Conn Show, and then moving to The Mancow and Cassidy show.
She became co-host with Big John Howell on WIND (Department of Administration and Management) on March 24, 2010. The season 18 episode of Law & Order entitled "Submission," which aired on March 12, 2008, creatively borrowed from events pertaining to the Jacobson story. They have two children.
Her husband filed for divorce in November 2008, following the lawsuit filed against WBBM-TV-television