Journalist: As seen in Bloomberg, Wired, Businessweek, The Economist 1843, MIT Tech Review, The Atlantic, etc. Occasional photographer. Bona fides: www.peterguest.cohttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3m7kcu6dcgk2zWithin the fevered coverage of Russia's growing threat in Europe, it's easy to forget that places on the map are home to real communities. Bloomberg's Borderlands project tries to understand these complex places, and the tension that they're under. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-baltics-border/?srnd=homepage-uk09 Dec 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kcu6dcgk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3m6bxml5qhc2i23 Nov 2025 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6bxml5qhc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3m3ksp7fm622l19 Oct 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ksp7fm622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3m2vtt24vvk2oPopulists and the far-right see cultural institutions as a way to embed their narratives into public life; in Lithuania, artists are taking a stand. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-11/lithuania-s-artists-take-a-stand-against-resurgent-populists11 Oct 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2vtt24vvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3lypixrjwqk2iLast night, Dust Money won in its category at the Online Journalism Awards, after winning a Webby earlier in the year. This is Diana, a Bajau community leader in Sulawesi, who gave us the name for the project. The judges said nice things here: https://awards.journalists.org/entries/dust-money/13 Sep 2025 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypixrjwqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3lx2m255jjs2pDust Money, the Gecko Project x New Lines project that used a road trip through the mines, smelters and communities of Sulawesi to chart the human and environmental impacts of the nickel business, is a finalist in the Online Journalism Awards. https://awards.journalists.org/entries/dust-money/23 Aug 2025 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx2m255jjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3lptsxmwcfk22Ukraine has faced three years of attacks on its energy grid by Russia. And yet, it's mostly kept the lights on, building under fire a new kind of electricity network, one that's more resilient -- and more sustainable -- than what was there before. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ukraine-rebuilds-energy-grid-as-russia-war-continues/?srnd=homepage-uk23 May 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptsxmwcfk22https://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3llt33mxyb22bOfficially, one of the best things on the internet. Dust Money, the @thegeckoproject.org / @newlinesmag.bsky.social collaboration is an honoree in multimedia storytelling in this year's Webbys. https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/dust-money/02 Apr 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3llt33mxyb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3llmrrs75ss2lVery sad to hear that Gwen Robinson passed away in Bangkok. A true legend among foreign correspondents, a relentless journalist with a deep love of the craft and her colleagues. Like a lot of journalists in Asia, I owe Gwen a huge debt for opening doors and backing my craziest reporting ideas.30 Mar 2025 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmrrs75ss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3le2lpdnzvc2nOff-white Christmas.24 Dec 2024 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2lpdnzvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3lckuackc322vConsidering returning to Twitter for a day to see if anyone can explain Bitcoin to me.05 Dec 2024 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckuackc322vhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3lcicedzwdc2fDust Money The Indonesian government's obsession with nickel is turning vast areas of the country into a sacrifice zone, where landscapes are wrecked, communities are destroyed and human rights are rolled back. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social and @thegeckoproject.org https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/dust-money/04 Dec 2024 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcicedzwdc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3lchzbxchk22fUkraine's resistance against Russia has been a miracle of innovation and entrepreneurship, as civilian technologies are turned into weapons or used to build social resilience. Other countries on Russia's borders are trying to learn from Ukraine's example. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1107639/latvia-eastern-europe-tech-startups-ukraine-russia-war/04 Dec 2024 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:aphrjzia2zhamvhtjphzuk6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchzbxchk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterguest.bsky.social/post/3lchyss5ipk2fI am supportive of journalists revealing A) their biases and B) their blood-alcohol levels when reporting. Five stars. 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