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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 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
Posted inGovernment

OSHA and USDA should have collaborated more to protect meatpacking workers from COVID-19, government watchdog says

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest April 5, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inNational

GRAPHIC: USDA pledges investment in U.S. fertilizer as Russia’s invasion is expected to disrupt global market

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest March 15, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

GRAPHIC: Fertilizer prices are spiking ahead of the planting season

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest February 24, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inGovernment

Former OSHA officials urge court to side with workers in case against OSHA

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest February 11, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inGraphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Despite COVID-19 closings and slowdowns, pork production was higher in 2020 than the year before

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest January 26, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Cows in a field
Posted inGraphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Large family farms produced most beef, hogs and dairy in 2020

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest January 19, 2022June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Corporate money keeps university ag schools ‘relevant,’ and makes them targets of donor criticism

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest, Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest, Dana Cronin, Illinois Public Media, Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio/Harvest Public Media and Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media November 15, 2021June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
USDA Beef inspectors
Posted inCOVID-19 and Meatpacking

After hundreds of COVID deaths tied to the meatpacking industry, the federal government requires vaccinations or tests

Avatar photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest November 4, 2021June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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