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Lighthouse Reports

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

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Lighthouse Reports
Lighthouse Reports logo
Type of site
Nonprofit
Available inEnglish
Founded2019 (2019)
Founder(s)Ludo Hekman, Klaas van Dijken1
Managing directorDaniel Howden
Industryjournalism
URLwww.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

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 waste9 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

References

  1. "Klaas van Dijken". International Journalism Festival. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  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. Thin (27 October 2023). "Citizens vs. Industry". Thin Ink. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. Geiger, Gabriel (17 July 2023). "How We Did It: Unlocking Europe's Welfare Fraud Algorithms". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. "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.