Undercover Along the Food Chain
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Reporters have taken the undercover route from slaughterhouses and chicken- and pork-processing plants to fast-food chains and supermarkets to understand the system.
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Media History
The reporting was intended for these media types: Magazine, Newspaper, Book, Television
Articles, Books, Video/Film
"9 to Nowhere -- These Six Growth Jobs Are Dull, Dead-End, Sometimes Dangerous" - Tony Horwitz - Wall Street Journal | "They Show How '90s Trends Can Make Work Grimmer for Unskilled Workers"
December 1, 1994
This was the centerpiece of Tony Horwitz's 1994 series for the Wall Street Journal on dead-end low-wage jobs for ..."The Jungle Revisited" - Tony Horwitz - Wall Street Journal
December 1, 1994
Tony Horwitz explains how Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" hasn't fully changed the slaughter and packing industry.Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"
1906Followup to "The Jungle" - "The Condemned-Meat Industry" | A Reply to Mr. J. Ogden Armour
May 1, 1906
Sinclair responds to an article by Chicago meatpacking magnate Mr. Armour, who claimed that government inspection of ...Editorial following "The Jungle": "The Beef Investigation" - The Independent
May 31, 1906
An editorial lending support to the accurate portrayal of Chicago's meatpacking industry in Upton Sinclair's "The ..."Is 'The Jungle' True?" - Upton Sinclair - The Independent
May 17, 1906
In this article for The Independent, Sinclair asserts that life in Packingtown is as he describes it in The Jungle ...The Lost First Edition of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
1988"Food Lion" - Diane Sawyer, host - ABC Prime Time Live
November 5, 1992
Original Broadcast of the Food Lion segment on ABC's Prime Time Live, November 5, 1992."'48 Hours' Wins 11th-Hour Case to Show Undercover Videotape" - Howard Kurtz - Washington Post
February 10, 1994I- "The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
February 25, 1905
The first chapter in the original serial that became Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."II- "The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
March 11, 1905
Chapter Two in Upton Sinclair's serial treatment of "The Jungle" for Appeal to Reason.III- "The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
March 18, 1905
Chapter Three of Upton Sinclair's serial "The Jungle" in "Appeal to Reason."IV- "The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
March 25, 1905
Chapter Four of Upton Sinclair's serial, "The Jungle," for Appeal to Reason.Promotional Piece I-"The Crowning Achievement of the Appeal" - "The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
February 4, 1905
A promotional blurb for the forthcoming serial, "The Jungle: A Story of Chicago," by Upton Sinclair.V-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
April 1, 1905
Chapter Five in Upton Sinclair's serial for Appeal to Reason, which became his book, "The Jungle."VI-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
April 8, 1905
Chapter Six in Upton Sinclair's original, unexpurgated version, a serial for Appeal to Reason, of "The Jungle."VII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
April 15, 1905
Chapter Seven in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became "The ...Promotional Piece II-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
February 11, 1905
A promotional piece explaining what Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" would set out to do.Promotional Piece III - "The Jungle" - Appeal to Reason
March 4, 1905
A front-page piece explaining that the second chapter of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle would appear the following ...VIII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
April 22, 1905
Chapter Eight in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became "The ...IX-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
April 29, 1905
Chapter Nine in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became "The ...X-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
May 6, 1905
Chapter Ten in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became "The ...X. Continued-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
May 13, 1905
Chapter Ten, continued, in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what ...XI-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
May 20, 1905
Chapter Eleven in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XI. Concluded-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
May 20, 1905
Chapter Eleven, concluded, in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of ...XII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
June 3, 1905
Chapter Twelve in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XII. Concluded-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
June 10, 1905
Chapter Twelve, concluded, in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of ...XIII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
June 17, 1905
Chapter Thirteen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XIII. Concluded-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
June 24, 1905
Chapter Thirteen, concluded, in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of ...XIV-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
July 1, 1905
Chapter Fourteen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XV-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
July 8, 1905
Chapter Fifteen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XV. Concluded-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
July 15, 1905
Chapter Fifteen, concluded, in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of ...XVI-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason | A Night in the Packingtown Jail
July 22, 1905
Chapter Sixteen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XVI. Concluded-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason | Jurgis Spends Christmas Behind the Bars
July 29, 1905
Chapter Sixteen, concluded, in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of ...XVII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason | The Underworld in Chicago
August 5, 1905
Chapter Seventeen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XVIII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason | The Wilderness of Civilization
August 12, 1905
Chapter Eighteen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XVIII. Concluded-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason | The Workingman's Home ...
August 19, 1905
Chapter Eighteen, concluded, in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of ...XIX-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
August 26, 1905
Chapter Nineteen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XX-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
September 2, 1905
Chapter Twenty in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XXI-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
September 9, 1905
Chapter Twenty-one in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XXII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
September 16, 1905
Chapter Twenty-two in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XXIII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
September 23, 1905
Chapter Twenty-three in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what ...XXIV-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
September 30, 1905
Chapter Twenty-four in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what ...XXV-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
October 7, 1905
Chapter Twenty-five in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what ...XXVI-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
October 14, 1905
Chapter Twenty-six in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became ...XXVII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
October 21, 1905
Chapter Twenty-seven in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what ...XXVIII-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
October 28, 1905
Chapter Twenty-eight in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what ...XXIX-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
November 4, 1905
Chapter Twenty-nine in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what ...Note on Publication I-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason | A Statement Concerning a Publication Plan
November 18, 1905
Upton Sinclair informs his readers of a plan to publish his chapters as a book.Note on Publication II and Final Part-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason | A Tale of the "Beef Trust"
December 9, 1905
A second note on publication, an extract of a letter by David Graham Phillips, and the final part of "The Jungle."Note III-"The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
December 16, 1905
Upton Sinclair updates his readers on the status of his efforts to publish his pieces as a book."At a Slaughterhouse, Some Things Never Die" - Charlie LeDuff - New York Times | Who Kills, Who Cuts, Who Bosses Can Depend on Race"
June 18, 2000
This piece was part of the New York Times "How Race Is Lived" series of 2000, which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for ...Timothy Pachirat's "Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight"
2011Tracie McMillan's "The American Way of Eating: Undercover on the Front Lines of Our Nation's Meals"
2012Steve Striffler's "Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food"
2005Jerry M. Newman's "My Secret Life on the McJob: Lessons from Behind the Counter Guaranteed to Supersize Any Management Style"
2007Pete Jordan's "Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States"
2007"Rotting Meat, Security Documents, and Corporal Punishment" - Dave Savini - Nieman Reports | A local Chicago investigative reporter uses shoe-leather techniques and digital tools to uncover health and safety violations and be sure the news is widely spread
June 1, 2009
Investigative reporter Dave Savini videotaped a grocery store illegally transporting goods."Undercover Video of Cows Being Shocked, Shot, Prompts USDA to Shut Calif. Slaughterhouse" - Tracie Cone - Associated Press | Via Washington Post
August 21, 2012
Datelined Fresno, California, an AP dispatch reports that federal regulators shut down the Central California ..."The Way of All Flesh" – Ted Conover - Harper's Magazine | Undercover in an industrial slaughterhouse
May 1, 2013
Ted Conover goes undercover as a meat inspector in an industrial slaughterhouse for Harper's.