ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Backlight is a podcast produced by the investigations team at Lighthouse Reports. Every month we take you inside real world investigations to explain how they work, who works on them and how to get involved. New episode on the last Thursday of every month.
Update frequency:
every 37 days
Average audio length:
27 minutes
English
United States
35 episodes
since Jan. 11, 2023
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
In this episode we speak to two educators from two very different corners of the field who are doing their best to prepare students for a changing industry landscape. We discuss the pros and cons of formal training and the skills journalists need to be industry-read. It’s what you need to know to t…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Does journalism school still matter? This episode follows two early career journalists who got into the field in completely different ways: one who went to J-school twice, and one who never went at all. Part 1 of a two-part series.
Interviewees:
Laís Martins, Investigative Reporter, Intercept Brazi…
Fear, crisis, invasion. That's the way migration gets spoken about and the far right is often the one setting the tone. So how can journalism push back against this narrative? This episode brings together three people covering migration from very different angles: social media, cross border investi…
The antidote to news fatigue might be closer to home than you think.
This episode dives into the strategies local outlets use to build connection with their communities and deliver journalism that truly resonates.
From the UK to India and the Brazilian Amazon, we spoke to the journalists who are ma…
Trust in the media is at an all-time low. So what’s going wrong? Who’s actually fixing it? And what can we learn from alternative news models emerging around the world?
To tackle these questions, Beatriz and Tessa speak with Ed Lee, who led the New York Times Trust Team, independent journalist Joi …
Everyone loves to win awards. But what does it mean to reward good journalism?
In the latest Backlight episode, Beatriz and Tessa speak to Jennifer Athanasiou-Prins, executive director of the European Press Prize, and Patrick Boehler, founder of the Gazzetta research lab, about
The influence of a…
People in Sudan are facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Telling stories about what is happening on the ground has never been more urgent, or more challenging.
In the context of our latest investigation exposing ethnically motivated atrocities against civilians by the Sudanese Armed Force…
Reporting live from the world’s biggest investigative journalism conference in Malaysia last year, Tessa and Beatriz bring you a crash course on how to make an investigative podcast. Covering everything from identifying a good story, to constructing an intriguing narrative, and building good charac…
You’ve seen it in movies, but what does undercover reporting actually look like in real life?
In this episode of Backlight, we go behind the scenes of two undercover investigations and explain everything you need to know: from how to build your cover identity to what planning an undercover operatio…
What is the role of accountability journalism in post-Assad Syria? We explore this question with Syrian journalists Lighthouse digital investigator Bashar Deeb and investigative journalist Mais Katt, who talk about their first investigation in a newly free Syria.
Under the Assad regime, hundreds o…
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