Charmaine covers social issues for CNA Digital. She joined the team in 2024 after three years as an associate reporter at CNBC. Her stories focus on child protection, disability inclusion, mental health, caregiving and other family-related challenges.

Charmaine is based in Singapore. Reach out to her via LinkedIn or at charmaine.jacob [at] mediacorp.com.sg (charmaine[dot]jacob[at]mediacorp[dot]com[dot]sg).