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Tom Joyner
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Tom Joyner
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  • The lust for ‘red gold’ is fuelling a crime wave in South Africa: a long-form feature for ABC News investigating the criminal gangs responsible for a wave of copper theft sweeping South Africa. Published alongside a 30-minute documentary I reported for the ABC’s ‘Foreign Correspondent’ program.

  • Türkiye’s quake orphans: a long-form feature reported from the aftermath of Türkiye’s deadly earthquakes, where I spent a day inside an orphanage for children who survived the disaster when their parents did not. Published alongside a report I shot and edited for the ABC’s national news bulletin.

  • Somalia is on the brink of famine, with children dying of malnutrition and hundreds of thousands of families displaced: I travelled to the centre of Somalia where I spoke to aid workers, locals, medical staff, families, teachers and children to understand how drought was driving desperation and hunger. Published alongside a report I shot and edited for the ABC’s national current affairs program, ‘7.30’.

  • Inside Israel's Oasis of Peace, Palestinian and Jewish families are showing the world how the two sides can co-exist: the story of an Israeli village where Palestinians and Jews live side by side as part of a utopian project. Published alongside a short documentary I shot and edited for the ABC’s nightly ‘7.30’ program.

  • In Niger, Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group is exploiting a rising anti-France sentiment: I spoke to several residents in Niger’s capital Niamey following the military coup in 2023 that installed another junta in Africa’s Sahel region.

  • The underground sperm smuggling ring that helps Palestinian women have their imprisoned husbands' babies: Inside the world of Gaza’s fertility clinics helping the wives of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel to concieve. This story was reported before the outbreak of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.

  • Wagner's fearsome mercenaries were forced out of Ukraine after a failed mutiny. Many are now unleashing horrors in Mali: my interviews with a dozen locals in Mali’s lawless north told the story of Wagner’s influence in Africa.