 In 2003-2004, Jawhar turned to journalism, taking intensive courses from the Beirut, Lebanon-based Al-Naha Institute and the Professionals Institute in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.She joined the "Saudi Gazette", an English-language general circulation tabloid owned by the Arabic newspaper company Okaz Organization, after an extensive journalism training program.Initially assigned as supervisor to the Ladies’ Department, she was promoted as the newspaper's first female Jeddah bureau chief.