Matthew Sedacca
Reporting fellow, Covid-19 recovery
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Matthew Sedacca is a Reporting Fellow at The Counter, focusing on the nation’s recovery efforts from the Covid-19 pandemic across the food industry. He previously worked at The New York Times and won a National Magazine Award for his writing on the histories of residential buildings for New York magazine.
![A house silhouette is made out of two photos with paper tear in middle with numbers and checks on blue textured background April 2022.](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/house-made-of-pictures-with-checks-graphic-April-2022.jpg)
![Caucasian woman shopping for vegetable oil in a supermarket aisle. March 2022](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/woman-looks-at-oil-packaging-in-grocery-store-march-21-2022-e1648567958835.jpg)
![Workers gather in protest in front of Starbucks headquarters in Seattle, WA. 021522](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/worker-protesters-gather-outside-Starbucks-HQ-Seattle-Feb-15-2022-2.jpg)
![Ground beef is displayed on a shelf at a Safeway store on October 04, 2021 in San Francisco, California.](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ground-beef-packaged-in-fridge-at-supermarket-022022.jpg)
![Protesters outside the Starbucks's Seattle headquarters. February 2022](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/starbucks-union-arizona-february-2022-e1645049017812.jpg)
![A Japanese female chef preparing food in her kitchen wearing protective mask and gloves. February 2022](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Asian-chef-preparing-food-in-kitchen-with-gloves-masks-021422.jpg)
![The JBS meatpacking facility on Saturday, April 18, 2020 in Greeley, CO. February 2022](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/jbs-meatpacker-brazil-usa-lawsuit-february-2022.jpg)
![Panda Express worker takes customer order at store in Garden Grove, CA. Nov. 17, 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/worker-takes-customers-order-at-panda-express-garden-grove-CA-Nov-17-2021-1.jpg)