Emma Jacobs is a reporter for WRVO in Syracuse, NY which is a part of the Innovation Trail collaboration.

The Innovation Trail is a collaboration between five upstate New York public media outlets, led by WXXI, along with WNED, WRVO, WSKG and WMHT. The initiative, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), will help the public gain a better understanding of the connection between technological breakthroughs and the revitalization of upstate New York's economy. Reports will focus on research, development, education, funding, and policy issues around emerging fields like energy, information technology, biotech, nanotech, and photonics.

Emma is a native of Boston. She studied history, so she went for more practical training in public radio at NPR member-stations WNYC and WBUR. She helped shape Wired's Haiti Rewired project, a 2010 Knight Batten Innovations in Journalism Awards notable initiative. 

Her reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Living on Earth, The Environment Report, Only a Game, Voice of America, Word of Mouth, and Public Radio Kitchen.