Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson. Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson, a freelance journalist and former Miami Herald staff writer, has reported from Argentina, India, China, and Cuba, and written for The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, USA Today, Johns Hopkins Magazine, WYPR's The Signal, and Signs of Life in the USA (Bedford/St. Martin's). Her reporting centers on society and the individual, including challenges for people with intellectual disabilities in the courts; the crisis of sexual abuse of youths in a Baptist church; personal stories of Cuban refugees and homeless people in South Florida; and the untested use of prescribed drugs during pregnancy, among other women's health issues. Internationally, she reported on transgender people's rights and dissident Cuban journalists in Havana, as well as birth control efforts in rural Uttar Pradesh, India.Cavanaugh Simpson, a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, earned her bachelor's from the University of Maryland, College Park;
Spy Planes and Facial Scans: 2022 OSHER Course. This course is the 2022 OSHER Intersession with John Hopkins University. This two-part course is open to the public.
Issues of social justice, climate change, and political strife can be overwhelming to consider. Solutions journalism has arisen in recent years to delve into problems, and also seek answers.
This two-session course will look at this ground-breaking journalistic trend, and explore a Pulitzer Center project by grantee Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson, who has explored police use of AI and facial recognition in minority communities: “Spy planes” over Baltimore. Flashing blue light cameras watching every resident's move. Facial recognition scans on peaceful protesters in South Florida.
This two-year investigative project, and Cavanaugh Simpson's longtime reporting on issues of social justice and abuses of power while a staff writer at the Miami Herald and elsewhere, also explores answers: Can there be limits on policin