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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, and is now a full-time reporter.
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
