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Dr. Rebekah D. Jones | |
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| Born | c.July 1989[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | geographer |
Rebekah D. Jones (born July 1989) is an American geographer specialized in GIS data science to track hurricanes, epidemiology and climatology. Until May 2020, she was geographic information sciences manager for the Florida Department of Health where she has served as the lead for the agency's geospatial response during hurricane Michael, hurricane Dorian and most recently, COVID-19 cases.[1][2]
Jones graduated cum laude from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University with dual degrees in Earth Science and Journalism in 2012, and received a dual master's degree in geography and mass communication at the Louisiana State University in 2014.[3] In 2018, she became a GIS Analyst at Florida Department of Health in Tallahassee.[4] Jones conducted her doctoral studies at Florida State University in Geography, where she was also an instructor for two years [5]
She is best known for her widely cited Florida COVID-19 dashboard, which was taken offline in May 2020 after a dispute with her employer, the Florida Department of Health. Though officially fired for insubordination on May 18, she claimed it was due to internal department pressure to strategically align COVID-19 case data with Florida's goal to reopen the state.[6] Within weeks she launched an independent dashboard using the same data science software and data extraction techniques, but using open data and offering instructions to others wishing to set up their own dashboards. Her dashboard offers more information than the official Florida dashboard, and explains calculations for aggregated data per county.[7] Her second dashboard also gained more views in the first 48 hours than the original dashboard she built at the Florida Department of Health. [8]
Her story gained international attention before she eventually spoke publicly with Chris Cuomo who interviewed her for his Chris Prime Time.[9] Her story was also presented by Rachel Maddow as proof that Florida was hiding information about COVID-19 hospitalizations since late May 2020 in Florida.[10] Additionally, she appeared on multiple television and radio programs, including NPR [11],CBS Miami [12] , and became a widely-recognized source for primary data and information about Florida's COVID-19 cases. She was profiled by the Washington Post [13] and TIME Magazine [14] after she founded the non-profit group Florida Covid Action [15] and TIME Magazine [16].
References
- ^ a b "Ousted manager was told to manipulate COVID-19 data before state's re-opening, she says". Tampa Bay. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
Jones was 30 years old in May 2020
- ^ A simple, factual timeline of Hurricane Dorian and #Sharpiegate on Jones' website, dated 9 September 2019
- ^ "Alumna Tracks the COVID-19 Outbreak". Syracuse University. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Rebekah D. Jones. "Quantifying the Impact of Hurricanes, Mid-Latitude Cyclones and Other Weather and Climate Extreme Events on the Mississippi-Alabama Barrier Islands Using Remotely Sensed Data B.A". Academia.edu. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Rebekah D. Jones. "Rebekah Jones Academic Record". Academia.edu. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ CNN article explaining data transparency problems in Georgia and Florida
- ^ Fired Florida scientist builds coronavirus site showing far more cases than state reports, The Palm Beach Post, Jun 12, 2020
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- ^ Chris Prime Time on facebook, May 23, 2020
- ^ Rachel Maddow Show, Jun 13, 2020, on MSNBC
- ^ WMFE
- ^ CBS Miami
- ^ Washington Post
- ^ TIME Magazine
- ^ Washington Post
- ^ Time Magazine June 20, 2020 "Florida Whistleblower Builds New Data Site"
External links
- Website with links to dashboards
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