Lighthouse Reports

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Lighthouse Reports
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Type of site
 Nonprofit
Available inEnglish
Founded2019;6 years ago (2019)
Founder(s) Ludo Hekman, Klaas van Dijken [1]
Managing director Daniel Howden
Industryjournalism
URL www.lighthousereports.com

Lighthouse Reports is a not-for-profit collaborative newsroom organization. [2] Lighthouse Reports was established in the Netherlands in 2019. [3] The organization builds newsroom around specific topics and investigations in collaboration with media partners. [4]

Contents

Lighthouse collaborates with many media outlets. Media partners from past investigations include The Guardian , EU Scream, [5] Wired , [6] Der Spiegel , ARD Monitor and Libération . [7]

Investigations

Investigations by Lighthouse Reports covered migration, [8] Frontex, [7] algorithm fraud, [6] live stock industry, [5] plastic waste [9] and others. [2]

Awards

Lighthouse Reports won the IJ4EU Impact Award in 2023 for work on illegal paramilitary operatives responsible for pushbacks of migrants in EU countries. [10] It also won the One World Media Reporting Award in 2025 for a series of articles on the propaganda of agrochemical and biotech companies in defense of pesticides and GMOs in Africa and Europe. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Klaas van Dijken". International Journalism Festival. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Lighthouse Reports". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Lighthouse Reports". Global Investigative Journalism Network. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ludo Hekman" . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 Thin (27 October 2023). "Citizens vs. Industry". Thin Ink. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 Geiger, Gabriel (17 July 2023). "How We Did It: Unlocking Europe's Welfare Fraud Algorithms". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Back Channel Cooperation: How Frontex Helps Haul Migrants Back To Libyan Torture Camps". European Press Prize. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Report: Croatian officials shared information on migrants". AP. Zagreb. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "'License to hide': Western plastic waste dumped in Myanmar". The Japan Times. Yangon. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "2023 IJ4EU Impact Award Winner: Unmasking Europe's Shadow Armies". ECPMF. European Center for Press & Media Freedom. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Winners 2025". One World Media. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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