Cooper Williams

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

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

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

15.08.2025 11:06 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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.

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...

14.05.2025 07:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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

10.05.2025 22:32 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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.

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...

09.05.2025 04:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'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...

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...

11.04.2025 04:53 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

'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...

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 ⤵️

11.04.2025 03:35 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

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.

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

10.04.2025 18:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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?...

11.04.2025 05:26 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Poster for Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance says: "Freelance journos at: The Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today, The Age, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times are being paid 59% less than they were 20 years ago!" A line graph shows a downwards arrow of inflation-adjusted pay rates per word from $1.73 in 2005 to $0.72 in 2025, although I will add that I was not getting $1.73 a word in 2005

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

02.04.2025 02:20 — 👍 45    🔁 35    💬 2    📌 0

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

02.04.2025 03:00 — 👍 20    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 0

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.

23.03.2025 00:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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. 🌴🏝️🇳🇨

11.02.2025 09:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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

04.02.2025 10:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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 🎬 📽 🌴 🌺

01.02.2025 10:39 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

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

#birds #birdphotography #nature #australianbirds

15.11.2024 10:11 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0