Cam Simpson

Cam Simpson is a reporter for the Bloomberg BusinessWeek in London,[1] writing investigative stories focused on Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 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.[2]

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

Simpson's projects for Bloomberg have focused on the role of some of the world's poorest workers in the supply chains for products sold in developed countries: a 2013 story followed a group of Nepali men who were abandoned in Malaysia when an assembly line for the Apple iPhone shut down;[3] another story traced deadly practices in Indonesia tin mines to solder used for electronics assembled in China, including the Apple iPad;[4] and a 2011 piece traced cotton picked by a 13-year-old girl in Burkina Faso to products labeled as fair-trade in Victoria's Secret stores.[5]

Prior to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, Simpson covered terrorism and the Department of Justice for the Tribune and organized crime in Chicago for the Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.[2] His Tribune story about a group of Nepali men who were taken into a network of human traffickers to U.S. military bases in Iraq was the subject of a PBS documentary, "Blame Somebody Else," which won an Emmy Award.[6]

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.[7]

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