Jacklynne Hobbs (Regional Editor) - began her career in radio journalism. After completing an Honours Degree in English at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, she worked as a news writer for Channel Africa, South Africa’s external radio service. This station broadcasts twice daily to East, Southern and West Africa, with programmes in six languages. Jacklynne subsequently moved to the actualities department, where she worked as a reporter and producer. She has worked at SAfm – the national English radio station in South Africa.

While at Channel Africa, Jacklynne covered a wide variety of topics related to the African continent. Her work has taken her to several countries, including Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. She was also able to try her hand at print journalism when she participated in the 1997-98 session of “Journalists in Europe”. This programme combined a study of EU institutions with in-depth feature writing. Jacklynne traveled widely to research her articles, which were published in Europ magazine