Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jenkins ya sami aikinsa na farko a matsayin mai ba da rahoto a 1964 tare da Daily Item. Bayan barin jaridar a shekarar 1965, ya yi aiki ga United Press International a matsayin wakilin kasashen waje a New York, London, Rome, da Madrid. A cikin 1969-1979, Jenkins ya yi aiki a Newsweek don rufe Black Satumba
, rikicin Suez, da kuma yakin Vietnam. An ba da labarin labarai na Newsweek tare da lambar yabo ta Overseas Press Club a shekarar 1976.