The heart-shaped mangrove formation fading due to rising seas - @cooperwilliams.bsky.social Yasmine WRIGHT GITTINS @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

7pm package from the coverage of the Koniambo nickel mine closure for the @walkleys.bsky.social Sean Dorney Grant.

#newcaledonia #nickel #mining #journalism #pacific

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Beyond excited to share that @cooperwilliams.bsky.social & I have published our 2nd story as part of the Walkley's Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism.

📽 by Nicolas Job & Cooper

Give it a watch here: youtu.be/61poVYSrxiw?...

#pacific #newcaledonia #kanaky #geckos

The world's largest and rarest geckos are a hot commodity in the pet trade. These little guys fetch thousands online and come all the way from #newcaledonia 🇳🇨.

This story by @yasminewg.bsky.social and myself was supported by the Sean Dorney @walkleys.bsky.social

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

The 1st of our stories from #NewCaledonia / #kanaky is out on ABC Pacific. Give it a read (and watch on iview).

Some more fascinating stories still to come!

Thanks to the Sean Dorney Grant for #Pacific Journalism through the Walkley's Public Fund.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Fascinating, insightful story with hauntingly beautiful photography of the ghost town around the abandoned nickel mine in New Caledonia.

From former Australia Institute teammate @yasminewg.bsky.social ⤵️

Nickel, paradise and 'emancipation': Mining bust creates ghost towns: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/new-caledonia-koniambo-nickel-mine-shutdown/105151562

One of the world's largest Indigenous owned mines has closed leaving ghost towns in #NewCaledonia. 🇳🇨

We spoke to locals to find out how they're coping in the wake of the closure and what it means for independence and the future of #nickel.

youtu.be/8ejVSb8T_RY?...

When I started freelancing for The Age & SMH in 2003, I could get $1200–$1600 for a feature. Even a decade ago I'd get roughly $850. In 2022 I got $700 – & that's GOOD PAY nowadays

Media orgs use us as band-aids on their staff cuts, thinking we're non-union scabs. But I'm @withmeaa.bsky.social

Staff and freelancers at The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, WAtoday, and Australian Financial Review are standing together! Read the statement from the National House Committee below and sign the petition NOW - meaa.io/4lblCar
#FairGo4Freelancers #MEAAmedia

Applications are now open for the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific journalism! 🌴

This is an amazing opportunity to bring more stories from the Pacific to Aus audiences.

After two weeks in #newcaledonia we have finished our in-country reporting for the @walkleys.bsky.social Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific journalism.

We will be moving to the post-production phase of the grant and publishing these works in the near future so plenty of posts to follow. 🌴🏝️🇳🇨

Currently in #newcaledonia working on some big stories for ABC with @yasminewg.bsky.social for the @walkleys.bsky.social Sean Dorney Pacific journalism grant.

I am in New Caledonia for the next little while, filming some packages for ABC, thanks to the Walkley's Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific journalism.

I will be sharing some more peeks at our stories here but also keep an eye out on @cooperwilliams.bsky.social

Cue photos 🎬 📽 🌴 🌺

A rainbow #lorikeet I spotted eating the nectar from the #spring flowers. 🌺

#birds #birdphotography #nature #australianbirds