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Author Archives: Sky Chadde, Investigate MidwestAssistant Editor/Senior Reporter

sky.chadde@investigatemidwest.org @skychadde

Sky Chadde has covered the agriculture industry for Investigate Midwest since 2019 and spent much of 2020 focused on the crisis of COVID-19 in meatpacking plants, which included collecting and analyzing data on case counts. He also served as the newsroom's first managing editor.

Chadde graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2019 with a master's degree in investigative reporting. While there, he covered Missouri state government for the Columbia Missourian and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Before grad school, he was a reporter in Texas, reporting on local governments and law enforcement.

Honors: Runner-up, 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting, small newsroom; Winner, 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting, small newsroom; Semi-finalist 2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting; First Place, government division, 2021 SABEW Best in Business Award; First Place, news division, 2021 North American Agricultural Journalists Writing Contest; First Place, investigative reporting, 2020 Missouri Press Association Awards

Professional memberships: Investigative Reporters and Editors; North American Agricultural Journalists

sky.chadde@investigatemidwest.org

Location

Lansing, MI

Languages Spoken

English

Areas of Expertise

Meat industry
Farm labor
Visa labor
Farm bureau
DOL
USDA

Posted inAgribusiness

UPDATED: 5 things to know about the new DOL complaint about child labor in meatpacking plants

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest November 15, 2022May 2, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inRegion

In state-level midterms in Midwest, Big Ag favors Republicans, incumbents and governors, data shows

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest/Report for America and Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest November 3, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inCOVID-19 and Meatpacking, National

DOL watchdog: OSHA ‘did not sufficiently protect’ workers from COVID-19 pandemic risks

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest November 2, 2022March 13, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inIowaWatch

ADM, other Big Ag companies host top state ag officials in Midwest at private dinner before Farm Progress Show, emails show

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest and Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest/Report for America August 29, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inGraphic of the Week, National

GRAPHIC: More fruits and veggies have pesticide residue, new federal report finds

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest August 11, 2022March 13, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inLabor

Se prensó el pie en el trabajo. Cuando pidió una compensación por los salarios perdidos, le dijeron que no.

Avatar photoMadison McVan by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest and Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest August 9, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inLabor

Her foot was crushed on the job. When she asked to be compensated for lost wages, ‘they said no.’

Avatar photoMadison McVan by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest and Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest July 21, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inNational

GRAPHIC: Public funding of agriculture R&D has dropped precipitously since early 2000s

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest June 9, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inNational

GRAPHIC: During pandemic’s first year, higher meat prices negatively affected U.S. households, USDA finds

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest May 12, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

How Illinois’ ‘fragmented system’ of monitoring pesticide exposure ‘allows individuals to get poisoned over and over without any brakes’

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest and Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America April 14, 2022June 12, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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