In this #Backlight episode, hosts Beatriz and Tessa discuss The Kanabi Killings, Lighthouse’s latest investigation on the ethnically motivated atrocities of the Sudanese Armed Forces.
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“We’re like memory workers. It’s a way to rehumanize those who were killed and also to stop, pay attention and give an event its full meaning.” Sabrina Slipchencko, Digital Reporter, Lighthouse Reports.
The lobbying comes as the EU, the largest donor to Palestine and biggest export market of Israel, has found itself shut out of negotiations over Israel-Palestine while the Board of Peace has sprawled in scope to potentially rival the UN.
Meeting minutes, got under FOI, reveal TBI was “convinced that [the] EU will have a role at the BoP” and that the US has demonstrated a “willingness to work with the EU and [is] open to negotiation.”
During a video meeting before Christmas, lobbyists from TBI informed Henrike Trautman, a senior EU official, that “the EU should not be shy and has a prominent role to play in Gaza”
TBI was shown by @ftm.nl to be part of post-war planning for a Gaza Riviera. TBI first denied the reporting & then walked back denials. TBI staff told @lighthousereports.com that Gaza had become “taboo topic” creating huge disquiet.
The Board seeks to control reconstruction efforts in Gaza. Former UK PM Blair was recently named a member of its executive, alongside billionaires and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Trump chairs the Board with no term limits
Minutes, obtained by @ftm.nl & shared w/@lighthousereports.com & Democracy for Sale, show TBI pushing Gaza’s biggest donor to engage with Trump’s Board – which has no Palestinian representation.
Lobbyists for the Tony Blair Institute privately urged the EU to support and join Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, an initiative which started life as a council to oversee Gaza & sprawled since into a rival to the UN
It's not often we get to report on hopeful news
Alaa Hamoudi won in the EU's top court against Frontex! This opens doors for many survivors of Frontex pushbacks.
@bdeeb.bsky.social tells how he reported on Alaa's case back in 2020 with @bellingcat.com. And how this evidence ended up in court.
In this #Backlight episode, Jean Peters of Correctiv explains how he infiltrated a closed-door AfD meeting, while his colleagues followed him from a sauna boat. www.lighthousereports.com/how-to-becom...
“And it ended up me being in this place. And I was with a fake name, with a fake haircut, and funny looking glasses and a camera in my watch, walking around all these Nazis and neo-Nazis.”
In this #Backlight episode, @lighthousereports.com reporters @cr0ft0n.bsky.social and @emmanfre.bsky.social take us inside the undercover reporting behind the Surveillance Secrets investigation: www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
“And of course, the more they're talking, the more I'm like, oh, my God, that's really amazing. But at the same time, I need to focus on the discussion and stay in that character.”
Listen to the new #Backlight episode here: www.lighthousereports.com/how-to-becom...
There's been a change in our schedule. Our fellowships will now run from 16 March 2026 to 18 September 2026. Submissions close on 2 January 2026. Shortlisted applicants can expect to get a written assignment by 23 January and be interviewed by 13 February start work on 16 March 2026.
Got a question about the fellowships? Join our webinar on:
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As part of our commitment to expand investigative journalism in underrepresented communities, we are recruiting our 2026 OSINT fellow exclusively from Majority World countries.
They will be mentored by Lighthouse journalists and fully embedded within investigations. Where possible, they will also join our remotely distributed team for in-person meetings.
Lighthouse Reports is hiring two part-time fellows in 2026. The fellows – one focused on open source intelligence and the other on reporting – will work with us from 23 March 2026 to 25 September 2026.
Are you an early-career professional who is passionate about investigative journalism? Are you constantly curious about new ways of doing journalism and making it reach critical audiences?
You might just be the fellow we are looking for.
“I deeply believe that the need for investigative journalism in Syria is as important as it ever was.” 🎙️
Lighthouse editor Charlotte Alfred explains why cross-border collaboration remains key to accountability.
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Bashar & Mais talk about the experience of reporting on one of the country’s biggest wounds: Syria’s Stolen Children and how the findings are helping the families still searching for their children and for justice and accountability.
“Nothing matters most to Syrian society until this day more than the fate of the hundreds of thousands that went missing over the years.” 🎙️
“The homecoming was but an exceptional experience. I had lost hope that I would be able to to visit Syria again.”
This month on #Backlight, we speak to Syrian journalists Bashar Deeb and Mais Katt about their first investigation in a newly free Syria. Listen to the episode here:
This investigation was made possible thanks to the diligent work by partners @8ammedia.bsky.social @the-independent.com @hollybancroft.bsky.social @militarytimes.bsky.social @hopeseck.bsky.social
