Brian Welch
Headquarters, Washington, DC               September 26, 2000
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 00-150

NEWS CHIEF NAMED AT NASA HEADQUARTERS 

     Bob Jacobs, an award-winning broadcast journalist, has been 
named Chief of News and Information at NASA Headquarters, 
Washington, DC.

Before joining NASA, Jacobs served the past four years as Projects 
Manager for the Washington-based Broadcast Technology division of 
The Associated Press. While at AP, Jacobs helped develop and 
implement newsroom management technology for a number of major 
broadcasters, including the British Broadcasting Corporation 
(BBC), ESPN, National Public Radio (NPR) and CBS News.

In 1991, Jacobs was hired as Executive Producer for The New York 
Times-owned television station in Memphis, TN. He later became 
Director of News Operations and was eventually named News 
Director. Jacobs has also worked as a producer and reporter for 
television news operations in Tampa, FL; Louisville, KY; and in 
his hometown of Nashville, TN.

Jacobs is an Emmy award-winning producer and has won other 
regional honors for excellence in journalism. He is a graduate of 
Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN.

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