Pramod Acharya
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Pramod Acharya is an investigative journalist, data reporter, and multimedia content producer. As a Research Assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he produced data-driven and investigative news reports for Journalism Department newsroom CU-CitizenAccess. He previously worked as the Assistant Editor at the Center for Investigative Journalism Nepal, and was a Dart fellow at Columbia University and Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN).
![A farmer does an operation check on a pesticide sprayer before entering the field. October 2020](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/operation-check-pesticide-sprayer-October-2020.jpg)
![Someone scraping off food leftovers into a trash can. October 2020](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/food-waste-home-cooking-trash-october-2020.jpg)
![Cows grazing on hay at a dairy farm. September 2020.](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cows-grazing-on-dairy-farm-USDA-September-2020.jpg)
![Butchers are cutting pork in the meat plant. September 2020](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/pork-processing-plant-cutting-meat-september-2020.jpg)
![line of people wait outside a food pantry during Covid-19 in Elmhurst, Queens, NY. September 2020](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/food-pantry-line-Elmhurst-Queens-NY-Covid-19-POC-September-2020.jpg)