Rebekah Jones

Tuesday, March 31, 2020:

1. “Alumni Tracks the COVID-19 Outbreak,” by Syracuse University

Monday, April 20, 2020:

1. “COVID-19: Dedicated Scientist in Florida Made Quick Moves to Map the Disease, ” by Este Geraghty and Ryan Lanclos, ESRI Press

Monday, May 18, 2020:

1. “Coronavirus: As Florida re-opens, COVID-19 data chief gets sidelined and researchers cry foul,” by Alessandro Sassoon, Florida Today

Friday, May 22, 2020:
1. CNN with Chris Cuomo

“Asking me to delete data, and hide information, and make it publicly inaccessible was a bad decision.”

Florida officials are condemning accusations they tried to censor public health data on Covid-19. The former state health employee behind those claims joins @ChrisCuomo. pic.twitter.com/Tb3yhesE8p

— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) May 23, 2020

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Thursday, June 11, 2020:

1. Article by the Palm Beach Post, Chris Persaud

2. 10 Tampa Bay News

Wednesday, June 15, 2020:
1. Article in TIME magazine, by Sanya Mansoor

2.WLFA Tampa (Channel 8 – NBC)

3. The Last Word, with Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC)

Tuesday, June 16, 2020:
Article in the Washington Post, by Marisa Iati

Wednesday, June 17, 2020:
News6 Orlando (CBS)

Thursday, June 18, 2020
WKMG-TV (CBS-Orlando Channel 6)

Sunday, June 21, 2020:
90.7 WMFE Central Florida

Wednesday, June 24, 2020:
CNN New Day

Rebekah Jones, the data official behind Florida’s Covid-19 dashboard, was removed after she questioned the data’s transparency, according to Florida Today. Now she has launched her own dashboard, which reports different numbers.https://t.co/BTNXSgi4ul pic.twitter.com/J7aCVy2F6s

— CNN This Morning (@CNNThisMorning) June 24, 2020

Thursday, June 25, 2020:
1. Syracuse University, Newhouse School of Public Communication

2. WLRN, with Chris Remington

Monday, June 29, 2020
NPR Morning Edition

Monday, July 6, 2020:
Editorial, The Palm Beach Post

Tuesday, July 7, 2020:
1. CBS News

2. Al Jazeera

Wednesday, July 8, 2020:
CNN New Day

Florida doesn’t provide hospitalization numbers because it doesn’t track probable cases, and it’s hard to confirm a Covid-19 case without a test result, explains Rebekah Jones, who formerly ran the Florida database.
Counting confirmed cases would be “underreporting dramatically.” pic.twitter.com/R76yRcrXZH

— CNN This Morning (@CNNThisMorning) July 8, 2020

Monday, July 13, 2020:
The Last Word, with Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC)

Fired scientist: Florida's COVID-19 situation worse than what the state reports https://t.co/v9KFTYVVWK via @msnbc

— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) July 16, 2020

Wednesday, July 15, 2020:
Staying Home with Josh Fox

Tuesday, July 22, 2020:
Article in Yahoo News, by Alexander Nazaryan

Friday, July 24, 2020:
MSNBC with Joshua Johnson

Tuesday, July 28, 2020:
Editorial in the Miami-Herald

Thursday, August 6, 2020:
Interview with ABC7, Sarasota

Wednesday, August 12, 2020:
Article in The Guardian, by Richard Luscombe

Friday, August 21, 2020
1. Interview with Josh Fox of “Staying Home with Josh Fox” at The Young Turks

2. Interview with WPTV (West Palm Beach)

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— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) August 23, 2020

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Monday, August 24, 2020
1. Article in The Daily Beast, by Francisco Alvarado

2. Interview with WTSP (Tampa Bay 10 News)

3. WFTV Orlando

Tuesday, August 25, 2020:

1. NoPIXAfterDark Podcast with Aaron Dante (coming soon)

Thursday, August 27, 2020:

1. FOX35 Orlando

Friday, August 28, 2020:

1. Keynote address: Data Science Conference on COVID-19
   

2.WFLA Tampa

Monday, August 31, 2020:

1. Primetime with Chris Cuomo on CNN

An ousted Florida data scientist created a dashboard to track Covid-19 in US schools. She tells @chriscuomo, she built it because, “we’ve had no leadership at the federal level.” https://t.co/OgYOPX3WyJ pic.twitter.com/GYlaTMxY3u

— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) September 1, 2020

Tuesday, September 1, 2020:

1. Article by Alexander Russo

Wednesday, September 2, 2020:

1. Spectrum News Orlando 13

2. Fortune’s 40 Under 40 names me as part of their 2020 class:

Thursday, September 17, 2020:

1. Interview with Drew Garabo on Tampa’s 102.5 FM.
   

Friday, September 18, 2020:

1. Elemental names Rebekah Jones one of their “50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic.”

Monday, September 21, 2020:

1. Florida People’s Cabinet Hearing with Commissioner Nikki Fried

Tuesday, October 13, 2020:

1. Women in GIS special event, hosted by Brandman University

Wednesday, October 21, 2020:

1. Keynote address at the Northeast URISA annual Conference
   

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Thursday, November 19, 2020:

1. Staying Home with Josh Fox:

📣 New Podcast! "November 19, 2020: Rebekah Jones" on @Spreaker https://t.co/zuxbSx9nSE

— The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) November 19, 2020

Monday, November 23, 2020:

1. Prime time with Chris Cuomo on CNN

Wednesday, December 2, 2020:

1. Op-ed in US News: Should Schools Stay Open? Not So Fast.

Thursday, December 3, 2020:

1. MedRxiv Research paper pre-print: COVID-19 Trends in Florida K-12 Schools, August 10 – November 14, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.30.20241224

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On Monday, December 7, the governor of Florida sent state police to raid my home, steal my equipment, and intimidate me. Much of the press in the following weeks focused on that attempt to scare me into silence.

Monday, December 7, 2020:

1. MedRxiv pre-print: COVID-19 Trends in Florida – August 10 – October 3, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.24.20235861
   
2. Primetime with Chris Cuomo

Wednesday, December 9, 2020:

1. CNN New Day
2. Erin Burnett
3. West Palm Beach (WPTV)

Thursday, December 10, 2020:

1. USA Today: Live video aired on Facebook
2. The New York Times
3. Katy Tur on MSNBC

1. Primetime with Chris Cuomo on CNN

Friday, December 11, 2020:

1. Florida This Week

Sunday, December 13, 2020:

1. MSNBC Joshua Johnson
2. BBC World News

Tuesday, December 15, 2020:

1. Joy Reid, MSNBC
2. TampaBay10

Wednesday, December 16, 2020:

1. The Last Word on MSNBC

Thursday, December 17, 2020:

1. WMRF Tampa
   
2. Op-ed in the Miami Herald

Tuesday, December 22, 2020:

1. Staying home with Josh Fox

STAYING HOME With JOSH FOX
4:30 PM EST @TheYoungTurks

TODAY: Covid data aggregator and friend of the show Rebekah Jones talks about the raid on her home at gunpoint by Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement officials@GeoRebekah https://t.co/Fh2iUL09u1https://t.co/TVE5iFUQfZ pic.twitter.com/KehalUPsCx

— Josh Fox ✡️ 🤌🤘 (@joshfoxfilm) December 22, 2020

1. The Last Word, MSNBC
   

.@GeoRebekah talks to @AliVelshi about her lawsuit against the Florida Department of Law Enforcement after the raid of her home by armed state officers earlier this month. https://t.co/oR3AJ01dPh pic.twitter.com/xyS6czp8mp

— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) December 23, 2020

Wednesday, December 23, 2020:

1. NBC NYC

Saturday, December 26, 2020:

1. Forbes names Rebekah Jones its first-ever “Technology Person of the Year“

Friday, January 22, 2021:

1. Whistleblower Network news: “Profile on Florida COVID-19 Data Scientist”

Tuesday, January 26, 2021:

1. Ms. Magazine Profile, “COVID-19 Data Scientist and Whistleblower Rebekah Jones Is a Profile in Courage”

Monday, February 1, 2021:

1. Whistleblower Network News Profile: “Rebekah Jones: Woman of Steel and COVID Whistleblower”

Tuesday, March 9, 2021:

1. Whistleblower of Year (2020)

@CCWhistleblower is pleased to announce our 2020 #Whistleblower of the Year… @GeoRebekah! Take a look at her ongoing #fight for #truth and transparency.https://t.co/jVQ6E9Dm7l

— Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team (@CCWhistleblower) March 9, 2021

March 10, 2021:

1. Cosmopolitan Magazine feature, by Emily Block

Saturday, April 3, 2021:

1. Alex Witt, MSNBC

Saturday, May 29, 2021:

1. The Miami Herald: Rebekah Jones’ whistleblower win against DeSantis administration could be a win for all of us

Friday, June 4, 2021:

1. WHISTLEBLOWER: What Rebekah Jones saw behind the scenes at the Florida Department of Health
   

Wednesday, June 9, 2021:

1. Florida Today: Rebekah Jones whistleblower claims get boost, but war of words with Gov. DeSantis continues

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Featured Mentions:

Rachel Maddow, May 20, 2020 (MSNBC)

Stephen Colbert, May 20, 2020 (CBS)
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Rachel Maddow, MSNBC (June 13, 2020)