Cooper Williams
@cooperwilliams.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist
https://www.cooperwilliamsmedia.com/
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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?...
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Nickel, paradise and ‘emancipation’: Mining bust creates ghost towns | The Pacific
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
https://youtu.be/8ejVSb8T_RY?si=Fzr_32VHecS_TNF7
about 1 year ago
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The heart-shaped mangrove formation fading due to rising seas -
@cooperwilliams.bsky.social
Yasmine WRIGHT GITTINS
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The heart-shaped mangrove formation fading due to rising seas
The Heart of Voh is a symbol of New Caledonia’s pristine environment but its outline is changing due to the climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/15/the-heart-shaped-mangrove-formation-fading-due-to-rising-seas
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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...
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New Caledonia nickel mine closure dashes economic outlook
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/new-caledonia-nickel-mine-closure-dashes-economic/105168530
about 1 year ago
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Yasmine Wright Gittins
about 1 year ago
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
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The online gecko craze turning into a conservation nightmare | The Pacific
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
https://youtu.be/61poVYSrxiw?..
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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...
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Has Instagram fame cursed these endangered geckos?
New Caledonia's giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/new-caledonia-gecko-poaching-social-media-pet-trade-crisis/105233778
about 1 year ago
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Yasmine Wright Gittins
about 1 year ago
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...
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'We are in the s**t': Mine's closure cripples Pacific indigenous community
A billion-dollar bet on nickel mining gave many New Caledonians hopes of economic prosperity and political independence. But after the market turned, the mine has left behind a ghost town full of brok...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/new-caledonia-koniambo-nickel-mine-shutdown/105151562?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf276931706&utm_campaign=tw_abc_news&utm_source=t.co
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Hayden Starr
about 1 year ago
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
⤵️
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'We are in the s**t': Mine's closure cripples Pacific indigenous community
A billion-dollar bet on nickel mining gave many New Caledonians hopes of economic prosperity and political independence. But after the market turned, the mine has left behind a ghost town full of brok...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/new-caledonia-koniambo-nickel-mine-shutdown/105151562
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go follow @news.abc.net.au
about 1 year ago
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
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Nickel, paradise and 'emancipation': Mining bust creates ghost towns
A billion-dollar bet on nickel mining gave many New Caledonians hopes of economic prosperity and political independence. But after the market turned, the mine has left behind a ghost town full of broken hearts.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/new-caledonia-koniambo-nickel-mine-shutdown/105151562
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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?...
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Nickel, paradise and ‘emancipation’: Mining bust creates ghost towns | The Pacific
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
https://youtu.be/8ejVSb8T_RY?si=Fzr_32VHecS_TNF7
about 1 year ago
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Mel Campbell
about 1 year ago
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
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MEAA
about 1 year ago
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
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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.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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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. 🌴🏝️🇳🇨
over 1 year ago
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Currently in
#newcaledonia
working on some big stories for ABC with
@yasminewg.bsky.social
for the
@walkleys.bsky.social
Sean Dorney Pacific journalism grant.
over 1 year ago
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Yasmine Wright Gittins
over 1 year ago
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
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A rainbow
#lorikeet
I spotted eating the nectar from the
#spring
flowers. 🌺
#birds
#birdphotography
#nature
#australianbirds
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