Roving freelance journalist. Special projects, solutions, digital storytelling, data reporting, arts, travel & food. Couteau suisse. [email protected]
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It was a life highlight to visit the Kajang, an Indigenous tribe from Indonesia for @washingtonpost.
How can we save the world's rainforests? They may have the answer.
washingtonpost.com/climate-s…
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🔴NEW: As Man City found guilty of breaking 100+ financial rules, Democracy for Sale can reveal the chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE – whose vice-president owns City – is advising the UK government on sport and foreign policy...
FULL STORY:
democracyforsale.substack.co…
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Foreign correspondence has a problem.
What has happened at the @washingtonpost is awful, all job loses are terrible, and a shock to the whole industry. But the majority of international reporters have been operating for years without support, respect or pay. 1/5
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New: A community investigation in suburbs of Paris and Barcelona tracked indoor temps and found them soaring above the heat on the street or other parts of the city. Will urban inequality drive health risks from heatwaves?
@ptr_yeung @NatalieDonback
unbiasthenews.org/twenty-deg…
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“Every time I document a massacre or event or bombing, I think that maybe through this bombing or this image that the war could stop and this war would end.”
May we be always haunted by the words and work of our colleague Anas Al-Sharif, killed moments ago by Israel in Gaza.
I've uncovered a questionable use of the EU's €26.7 billion Just Transition Fund to pay sauna festivals, axe throwing centres, and dance marathons - sparking fears that billions of euros are going to waste - or worse.
My report for @ContextNewsroom
context.news/just-transition…
I've been digging into the extremely fishy decision in December 2024 to classify yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean as no longer overfished. Critics say the EU’s powerful, billion-dollar fishing lobby is behind it.
My story for @DialogueEarth_
dialogue.earth/en/ocean/row-…
It’s 37C in Paris. This is the queue to get into a swimming pool. I’ve never seen anything like it. Several police officers have arrived to control the crowd.
The EU promised workers billions to go green. They're still waiting.
Less than 3% of the flagship €26.7 billion Just Transition Fund has been spent, despite running for more than four years - and just two left
My scoop for Thomson Reuters Foundation context.news/just-transition…
These funds are meant to help shift communities and regions away from fossil fuels, such as retraining coal miners for the energy transition.
Critics warn the delays risks mass unemployment, rushed misspending, and a backlash against green policies à la gilets jaunes
Reporting thanks to support from @journalismfund and @journalismarena.
Expect more reporting on the just transition soon.
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Out tomorrow: the first episodes of our six-part @guardian podcast series about Dom and Bruno and the Amazon. Listen wherever you get your podcasts theguardian.com/technology/a…
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The Amazon's second largest tree is in danger, as illegal gold miners are operating just one kilometer from this 85-meter (279-foot) red angelim. My latest on @MongabayOrg with @alexdesanti
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/il…
I profiled Andrés Torres, the visionary Catalan chef and humanitarian activist, for @NatGeo. He spent years living with Indigenous peoples in Latam, drove to Ukraine as the war broke with 500 bags of groceries and now runs a 98% self-sustainable restaurant
nationalgeographic.com/trave…
I wrote about how community seed banks are taking root for @NexusMediaNews, helping farmers in Central American farmers adapt to climate change and protect heirloom seeds
nexusmedianews.com/central-a…
I've been digging into the EU's policy on Islamophobia - what is actually being done to fight it? - for @onlinehyphen. Rights groups, researchers and even the Commission's lead expert told me of almost zero funding, far-right abuse and political inaction.
hyphenonline.com/2025/03/13/…
My report for @AJEnglish from Awra Amba, a utopian and pacifist community in the central highlands of Ethiopia. They won awards for their peacemaking and conflict resolution - but they have been caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia's latest civil war.
aljazeera.com/features/2025/…
I'm really happy to be selected for this reporting institute run by @DartCenter, @CGCParisCenter, and @Columbia. Looking forward to meeting this incredible cohort!
dartcenter.org/resources/ann…
In Paris, former French prime minister @Villepin tells a press meeting that Donald Trump's foreign policy has been "provocative, arrogant and destructive" and calls it broadly an attempt at “strategic humiliation”
When asked whether he plans to run for president in 2027, @Villepin dodges the question.
“Everybody is a candidate for the presidency"
"We are not in a moment when these questions [of candidacy] are raised... We should [first] be able to find out who is fighting for what"
On French foreign policy, @Villepin says that "many mistakes" have been made, but does not give any examples. It has not been " as clear as well inspired as I wished".
But he praises Emmanuel Macron's focus on "strategic, European autonomy" in the tradition of De Gaulle