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Barry Christianson

@barrychristianson.com
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South African photojournalist and writer, focusing on sociology-ecological issues, mainly affecting coastal communities. Recipient of NatGeo and Pulitzer Center reporting grants. barrychristianson.com

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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 23/04/2025
A conservation-led restriction on the number of small-scale finishing boats allowed on the Langebaan Lagoon led to a fisher’s business closing, while recreational fishing continues unimpeded. My piece for @mongabay.bsky.social unpacks the contradictions news.mongabay.com/2025/04/fish...
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Fishing rights, and wrongs, cast small-scale South African fishers adrift
LANGEBAAN LAGOON, South Africa — Deon Warnick’s three chest freezers stood silently in his living room, lids open. Without any fish to keep frozen, he was using them as cupboard space instead. In his ...
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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 18/03/2025
Happening today.
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Daniel Cressey @dpcressey.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This is great to hear. The author @barrychristianson.com will be talking on a @pulitzercenter.bsky.social webinar tomorrow too: pulitzercenter.org/event/how-en...
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How To Ensure Equity in Ocean Narratives
Image   Join us for a webinar designed for journalists eager to transform their storytelling. In "How to Ensure Equity in Ocean Narratives," Ocean Reporting Network Fellow Jenn Thornhill Verma and rep...
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Daniel Cressey @dpcressey.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“I love what I do. That is what I want to pass on to my children. We must protect the ocean so that they can have the same healthy lives as us.” The South African fishers fighting fossil fuels - by @barrychristianson.com on @dialogueearth.bsky.social dialogue.earth/en/ocean/the...
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The South African fishers fighting fossil fuels
On the west coast, local people have gone to court to try and force a rethink of the impacts of oil and gas exploration
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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 17/03/2025
I wrote an article about two court cases, launched by Port Nolloth's Aukatowa Fisheries, fighting fossil fuel exploration off South Africa's West Coast. Read it here: dialogue.earth/en/ocean/the... @dialogueearth.bsky.social @naturaljustice.bsky.social
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The South African fishers fighting fossil fuels
On the west coast, local people have gone to court to try and force a rethink of the impacts of oil and gas exploration
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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 13/03/2025
I'll be taking part in a webinar on 18 March, by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social along with @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social and @carlsmithaus.bsky.social about how to ensure equity in ocean narratives through including a diversity of voices. Join here: pulitzercenter.org/event/how-en...
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How To Ensure Equity in Ocean Narratives
Image   Join us for a webinar designed for journalists eager to transform their storytelling. In "How to Ensure Equity in Ocean Narratives," Ocean Reporting Network Fellow Jenn Thornhill Verma and rep...
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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 11/01/2025
One of the photographs from my Pulitzer Center funded project appeared in their photojournalism recap of 2024. Read about the project here: pulitzercenter.org/projects/sou... @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @thecontinent.org
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Emma Bryce @emmaanne.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
The world is working on a treaty to end global plastic pollution, and the final meeting is this month in Busan: here's my take on what to watch: dialogue.earth/en/pollution... @dialogueearth.bsky.social
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INC-5: What to look out for at plastics treaty talks in Busan
Nations gather in South Korea this month for a final meeting on curbing plastic pollution. Who are the key players – and is a deal likely?
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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 15/11/2024
Seeding this feed with a link to a project I was able to complete with the help of the Pulitzer Center. This page on my website describes the project and has links to the photo-essays and written articles I produced through it. www.barrychristianson.com/projects/sou...
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South Africa's Coastal Communities Besieged by Oil and Gas — Barry Christianson
South Africa's coastal communities are being threatened by marine oil and gas projects. Scientists say the 3D seismic surveys, which are used to locate oil and gas, are harmful to marine life and may ...
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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 15/11/2024
And no constant engagement bait.
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Barry Christianson @barrychristianson.com · 09/11/2024
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South African Indigenous people fight Big Oil to defend ancestors’ spirits
As Shell hopes to begin oil exploration off the Eastern Cape coast, communities fight to protect their sacred waters.
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