Philipp Jacobs

Philipp Jacobs is an editor for medicine and life sciences at the SMC. Born in Mönchengladbach, he moved to Cologne after finishing school to study media communication and journalism. Before, during, and after his studies, he wrote for the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, a pharmacy newspaper, and the Rheinische Post, where he also completed his traineeship. Most recently, he was deputy desk head at the Rheinische Post, where he had previously spent five years as an editor in the politics section. His main topics were health policy and the Netherlands. As a fellow of the International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP), he worked for the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad in Amsterdam and took part in the German-Turkish Tandem Journalist Fellowship. He also completed the Digital Journalism Fellowship at the Hamburg Media School.