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peter-yeung.bsky.social
Roving freelance journalist. Special projects, solutions, digital storytelling, data reporting, arts, travel & food. Couteau suisse. [email protected] www.peter-yeung.com
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I've been digging into the EU's policy on Islamophobia - what is actually being done to fight it? - for @hyphenonline.com. Rights groups, researchers & even the Commission's lead expert spoke of almost no funding and political will and of attacks by the far right hyphenonline.com/2025/03/13/e...

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My report for @aljazeera.com from Awra Amba, a utopian and pacifist community in the central highlands of Ethiopia. They have won awards for their peacemaking and conflict resolution - but they have been caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia's latest civil war. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

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I'm really happy to be selected for this reporting institute and looking forward to meeting this incredible cohort! dartcenter.org/resources/an...

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On February 12, next Wednesday, I'll be speaking on a panel about the future of environmental journalism, to mark the 35th anniversary of @sejorg.bsky.social. You can register here (13:00 ET/20:00 CET) www.sej.org/calendar/sej...

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I took on another painstaking assignment for @lonelyplanet in which I ate my bodyweight in croissants and other pastries in Paris and rated my favourite/most interesting ones www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/bes...

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Here's my dispatch from Juchitán, Oaxaca State, home of Mexico’s third gender: the muxes. This Indigenous, gender noncomforming community existed before European colonisers arrived, but their battle for rights goes on amid rising LGBQ+ hate. For @huckmag.com www.huckmag.com/article/muxe...

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I wrote about how hammams aka steam baths, brought by north African migrants, have become part of Paris culture over the years, with a (woeful) recent assist from Emily in Paris. Can't complain about the on-the-ground research for this @hyphenonline.com assignment hyphenonline.com/2025/01/14/h...

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Here's my dispatch for @aljazeera.com from San Cristóbal de las Casas, a city in south Mexico dubbed the world capital of Coca Cola. Due to the ubiquity of sugary drinks, residents are suffering from obesity, malnutrition, and more recently, water shortages www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...

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I'm very happy to have contributed a number of articles to @rtbcheerful.bsky.social's Year in Cheer: 144 ways the world got better in 2024 reasonstobecheerful.world/the-year-in-...

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🚨MY FREELANCING HIGHLIGHTS THREAD 2024 🚨 It's that time of the year folks. I'll keep this one relatively brief. Thanks for following along. This was previously a tradition on X, but here I am looking for bluer pastures.

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I was asked by @lonelyplanet to write a guide to my home, Belleville, the best neighbourhood in Paris www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/lon...

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I went to visit a 32,000-square-foot warehouse in Kenya's capital Nairobi that is feeding 60,000 school kids a day with low-carbon, healthy meals. School meal schemes like it are transforming lives and the model is spreading across Africa reasonstobecheerful.world/kenya-giga-k...

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Hi folks, I'm just getting started here following the X-odus, so things are looking a little bare for now. But here's my website: www.peter-yeung.com And here's my *slow* newsletter, with just one sent out every few months peteryeung.substack.com

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