Jacqueline is the managing editor of Payload, where she also writes Polaris, Payload's weekly space policy newsletter. She previously covered national security and space for Defense One and POLITICO, where she helped launch POLITICO Space, a weekly space policy newsletter. She has been a reporter in Washington for over a decade, including time spent at the Washington Examiner, the Washington Times, and Navy Times. She graduated from Boston University in May 2010 with a B.A. in Religion and English and received a master's degree in health and science reporting from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in August 2011.