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Author Archives: Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest/Report for AmericaData and investigative journalist, Report for America corps member

mcordero@investigatemidwest.org @mocordero10

Mónica Cordero is a Report for America corps member and part of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk team. Her expertise includes data analysis with Python and SQL, and reporting under the Freedom of Information Act.

Cordero has covered business, technology, agriculture, environment, politics, religion, and issues affecting the LGBTQ community, and has been involved in cross-border investigation projects. Her work has been published by Univision, Bloomberg Businessweek, La Noticia, Radio Ambulante, NPR, openDemocracy and The New York Times.

Cordero is a graduate of the University of Costa Rica and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

Honors: 2020 Ortega y Gasset Journalism Award, a prestigious journalism prize in the Spanish-speaking world for best investigative reporting

Professional memberships: Investigative Reporters and Editors; Society of Environmental Journalists; National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

mcordero@investigatemidwest.org

Location

Des Moines, Iowa

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English

Areas of Expertise

Environment
LGBTQ community
Intersection between religion and politics

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A new network of attorneys seeks to defend abuses of industrial agriculture. First up, Colorado.

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FarmSTAND focuses resources on specific cases that can change precedent on agricultural issues in the courts, working in collaboration with grassroots organizations from local to national levels.

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Las deficientes salvaguardias normativas dejan a los trabajadores agrícolas asfixiados ante el aumento de las olas de calor.

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GRAPHIC: One in 10 households is food insecure, data shows

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Poor regulatory safeguards leave farmworkers suffocating in the face of increasing heat waves

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GRAPHIC: Conservation acreage increased slightly over last year, still near its lowest level

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Animal waste and agrochemicals are leading cause of fish kills in Iowa waterways

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GRAPHIC: Most water quality violations are from monitoring and reporting issues

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GRAPHIC: Iowa’s hog production leads the state in greenhouse gas emissions from manure management

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GRAPHIC: While relatively rare, some get H-2A visas while already in the US

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GRAPHIC: Half the states have no greenhouse gas reduction goals

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