Cam Simpson Explained

Cam Simpson is a London-based writer and journalist. He is currently the senior international correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek in London,[1] and Bloomberg News. Previously, he worked for The Wall Street Journal, with posts in the Middle East and Washington.[2] and as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune where he was responsible for covering US foreign policy and investigative projects in Washington and overseas.

Early life and education

Simpson was raised in St. Charles, Illinois. He obtained his degree in political science and journalism from Eastern Illinois University.

Career

In an interview with the Poynter Institute, Simpson said many of his investigative pieces for Businessweek focus on connecting people who pull the levers of power in the world with "the people who get caught in the gears."[3] Several of Simpson’s investigative features for Businessweek have focused on the world’s technology giants. A 2014 piece detailed how Samsung[4] tried to silence or thwart the families of young women who contracted rare cancers working on its assembly lines (the company issued an apology[5] on South Korean television for its treatment of the families). After a 2013 story[6] about the exploitation of foreign migrant workers who made iPhone cameras, Apple said[7] it banned all forms of bonded labor from its supplier factories worldwide. A 2012 cover story[8] exposed death and environmental destruction in the global supply chain for all smartphones and tablets, for which Apple also later acknowledged its role.[9]

Beyond tech companies, Simpson's reporting also included a 2014 piece[10] detailing the role of the largest-listed hedge fund on Wall Street in providing a $100 million cash infusion for Robert Mugabe’s government as he was rolling out a campaign of violence, torture and murder to hold onto power in Zimbabwe. Simpson also has done features for the magazine on the corporate structure[11] and financial power[12] of the Islamic State.In September 2015, Publisher’s Marketplace announced that HarperCollins had signed Simpson to write a narrative non-fiction book about a trio of human rights lawyers and a journalist who unravel the mysterious murders of a dozen unlikely victims of the Iraq war, following a trail of profiteers from the Himalayas to Houston.[13]

Previously, he worked for The Wall Street Journal, with posts in the Middle East and Washington and as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune where he was responsible for covering US foreign policy and investigative projects in Washington and overseas. He previously covered federal crime and organized crime for the Tribune in Chicago. Before his time at the Tribune, he worked for the Chicago Sun-Times covering federal and organized crime, the FBI, and US courts. Simpson has also worked for The Indianapolis Star, the Evansville Courier, and The News-Gazette in Champaign, Illinois.

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cam Simpson - Businessweek . 2013-11-23 . 2013-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131127083105/http://www.businessweek.com/authors/481-cam-simpson . dead .
  2. Web site: "2011 Gerald Loeb Awards finalist bios. https://web.archive.org/web/20131114014820/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/gerald-loeb-awards/2011-finalist-bios. dead. 14 November 2013. 7 March 2022.
  3. Book: Angelotti. Ellyn. Winburn. Jan. Secrets of Prize-Winning Journalism. Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
  4. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-11/samsung-s-war-at-home "Samsung's War at Home,"
  5. https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-05-14/in-samsungs-war-at-home-an-apology-to-cancer-stricken-workers "In Samsung's War at Home, an Apology to Cancer-Stricken Workers"
  6. Web site: Simpson. Cam. An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple's Supply Chain. Bloomberg.com. 8 November 2013. Bloomberg Business. 22 January 2016.
  7. Web site: Higgins. Tim. Apple Bans 'Bonded Servitude' at Supplier Factories Worldwide. Bloomberg.com. 22 January 2016. 11 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Simpson. Cam. The Deadly Tin Inside Your Smartphone. Bloomberg.com. 22 January 2016. 23 August 2012.
  9. Web site: Simpson. Cam. To Apple, From a Deadly and Devastated Slice of Paradise. Bloomberg.com. 14 February 2014.
  10. Web site: Simpson. Cam. The Hedge Fund and the Despot. Bloomberg.com. 22 January 2016.
  11. Web site: Simpson. Cam. The Banality of Islamic State. Bloomberg Businessweek. 22 January 2016. 20 November 2014.
  12. Web site: Simpson. Cam. Why U.S. Efforts to Cut Off Islamic State's Funds Have Failed. Bloomberg Businessweek. 22 January 2016.
  13. Web site: Publishers Marketplace. Publishersmarketplace.com. 7 March 2022.
  14. Web site: 12 the Morton Frank Award 2014. Opcofamerica.org.
  15. Web site: 17 THE JOE AND LAURIE DINE AWARD | Overseas Press Club of America . 2016-01-22 . 2016-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128020746/https://www.opcofamerica.org/awards/17-joe-and-laurie-dine-award-0 . dead .
  16. Web site: Madeline Dane Ross Award 2005 . 2016-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128023613/https://www.opcofamerica.org/awards/madeline-dane-ross-award-2005 . 2016-01-28 . dead .
  17. Web site: Overseas Press Club Awards Dominated by Iraq, Other Conflicts. Prnewswire.com. 7 March 2022.
  18. Web site: UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2014 Gerald Loeb Award Winners. UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 24, 2014. January 31, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190201120336/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2014/2014-gerald-loeb-awards. February 1, 2019. dead.
  19. http://www2.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/press/2005.html Long Island University Announces Winners of 2005 George Polk Awards
  20. Web site: 2003 George Polk Awards at a Glance . 2016-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160513032612/http://www2.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/polk.html . 2016-05-13 . dead .
  21. Web site: Archived copy . . 2017-03-05 . 2015-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151027130651/http://www.bloomberg.com/bcause/content/uploads/sites/6/2015/06/15_0518-Appendices.pdf . dead .
  22. Web site: National Press Club Honors Outstanding Journalism. Tmcnet.com. 7 March 2022.
  23. Web site: Finalist: Cam Simpson. Kelly Awards. 30 September 2013.
  24. Winners of the 2021 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson in Live Virtual Event . September 30, 2021 . October 7, 2021 . . . Daillak . Jonathan.

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