 The CIA reviewed SKV saying, "Jacobsen has a well-deserved reputation as a good writer and an excellent researcher.”

Jacobsen writes and produces Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" TV series for Amazon Studios.In 2017, Amblin Entertainment and Blumhouse TV bought the rights to her book "Phenomena" for a scripted TV series, with Jacobsen and "X-Files" writer/producer Glen Morgan co-writing the pilot script.In 2004, Jacobsen wrote an article about an incident she witnessed with a group of thirteen foreign nationals on board a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles.