Jana Jacobs is the Access to Medicine Foundation's Publications Manager. Her role is to make sure that the Foundation’s work is presented clearly and powerfully with maximum impact – whether that be via research reports, social media posts, or news announcements. Jana works closely with our team of researchers to guide each project from start to finish, helping to shape and structure the Foundation’s findings by pulling together the story from the data and ensuring it is compellingly communicated. This encompasses copywriting, editing, layout and page design, and data visualisation.
Jana has worked in the media and publishing industry for ten years as a copywriter, journalist and editor. Before joining the Foundation, she worked as a writer and editor for an ESG advisory in South Africa, which also ran a non-profit company that produced consumer financial education content. Prior to this, she was a financial journalist and editor at a leading South African financial magazine.
Jana holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts Honours in English Literature & Cultural Studies from the University of Stellenbosch.