Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America

Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.

Demarkius Medley in a black hoodie and white mask on his hemp farm in Galesburg,Illinois on a sunny day with plants and a trailer in the background February 2022.
An Illinois bill aims to counteract a decades-long trend: The decline of the Black farmer
Politics
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
02.22.2022
Politics
Market on the Hill in Mt. Pulaski, IL with blue awning and sidewalk January 2022.
“When a grocery store closes up and it’s your last one, you feel it immediately.”
Business
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
02.02.2022
Business
Harvest gets underway at the Anderson Farm near Mansfield, IL on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. January 2022
“Keeping our drivers happy”: Trucker shortage compels companies to increase wages
Business
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
01.19.2022
Business
A man carries box at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. October 2021
The pandemic disrupted Americans’ access to food. Not everybody suffered equally.
Politics
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America + Madison McVan
10.28.2021
Politics
Happy Hollow Farm had a difficult time selling their food to restaurants and a local grocery store during the pandemic, but saw a huge demand in selling online and through their CSA. October 2021
GRAPHIC: For family farms, most income comes from far afield
Business
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
10.20.2021
Business
A worker at a meat processing plant, cuts off fat on a cut of meat wearing blue gloves. October 2021
USDA study shows working conditions in meatpacking plants likely drove coronavirus outbreaks
Health
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America + Madison McVan
10.13.2021
Health
A sticker with information on how to get help from human trafficking is posted on bathroom doors and mirrors above the sink inside the women’s restroom at a Casey’s gas station in Huntington, Indiana on Friday, September 17, 2021. photo by Pam Dempsey/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Human trafficking has long haunted agriculture. Experts fear it flourished during the pandemic.
Politics
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
09.28.2021
Politics
Andrew Geiser pets his pigs on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Chillicothe, Mo.
As labor pool shrinks, Illinois farmers turn to foreign workers
Business
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
09.13.2021
Business
Empty food aisles with cart. July 2021
GRAPHIC: Americans spent less money on food during the pandemic
Jobs
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
07.12.2021
Jobs