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Color of meat doesn’t gauge safety
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Most people gauge the doneness of their hamburgers by the color of the meat. But despite browning, E. coli could still be living in your burger. These eight burgers show you why.
More than two dozens journalists from throughout the U.S. gathered in Champaign, Ill. for an intense three-day workshop on covering big agribusiness companies hosted by the Midwest Center for Investigate Reporting and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
The workshop, primarily funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation in Chicago, was hosted by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Investigative Reporters and Editors at the University of Illinois campus. Sessions were led by agribusiness experts from Midwest universities and top reporters. Resources from the workshop are posted on the Midwest site to aid journalists with pursuing collaborative projects after the workshop.
Most people gauge the doneness of their hamburgers by the color of the meat. But despite browning, E. coli could still be living in your burger. These eight burgers show you why.
More than two dozens journalists from throughout the U.S. gathered in Champaign, IL for an intense three-day workshop on covering big agribusiness companies.
Review sessions, resources and tip sheets here.
More than two dozens journalists from throughout the U.S. gathered in Champaign, Ill. for an intense three-day workshop on covering big agribusiness companies.
The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and co-sponsor Investigative Reporters and Editors are seeking applications for an all-expense paid workshop on covering agribusiness
A lack of enforcement or inspections and legal loopholes are leaving migrant workers in Iowa vulnerable, cheated of wages and living in substandard housing, an IowaWatch investigation revealed.
The meat industry has once been concentrated in cities like Chicago and Kansas City. But it had left for small towns in rural areas, which were now struggling to provide the necessary social services to the immigrants who followed. How could we begin to show those demographic changes? And what could we do about the fact that there was no readily available list of the biggest slaughterhouses? This interactive map starts to answer those questions.
In 2011, Eric Herm's cantaloupes exploded. A fourth-generation cotton farmer in West Texas, Herm was experimenting with a home garden to help feed his family during the onset of a drought in the area. Blistering heat, including 100 degree days as early as May, was wilting Herm's cotton—and in the end, it turned his melons into pressure cookers.
On Sept. 18, 2013, The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Poynter Institute conducted a Webinar on covering agribusiness. The Webinar included information about finding documents and people for stories, along with information about coming up with story ideas in any area.