Lighthouse Reports

Do you need to go to journalism school? Does Journalism school still matter? There is no single route into journalism. In this episode we speak to two early career journalists on opposite sides of the J-school question, one in São Paulo and one in Dhaka. Part 1 of a two-part series. Interviewees: Laís Martins, Investigative Reporter, Intercept Brazil, Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Fellow Shoeb Abdullah, Co-founder of the Bangladesh Protest Archive Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

Since the war started on March 2, more than 4300 people in Lebanon and more than 30 Israeli soldiers and civilians have been killed, according to local authorities. Israel’s destruction of the south has been immense. Over one million people have been displaced, villages and towns flattened. For those, returning home has become more and more unimaginable.

Congo’s Hidden Uranium Exports – Responses from relevant companies Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs We are not aware of the situation you described. The Chinese government has consistently required Chinese companies operating overseas to conduct their production and business activities in compliance with local laws and regulations, adopt environmental protection measures in accordance with the law, actively fulfill their social responsibilities, and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

How a leaked memo prompted scientists and reporters to investigate the supply of cobalt from mines in the DRC to China, revealing the departure of strategic quantities of uranium The Katanga region in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo has for decades been known as the Copper Belt.

Bad diets kill millions of people globally every year, and lead to tens of billions of dollars in health costs, often placing the heaviest burden on communities who are least able to afford it. Children, with limited decision-making power, are particularly vulnerable to this. Legislators and government officials have worked to rein in this public health crisis by enacting laws that require food companies to be transparent about their ingredients and limit the advertising of unhealthy foods.

Reclaiming the migration narrative When migration is talked about in the language of fear and crisis, how do journalists tell the true human story? Fear, crisis, invasion. That’s the way migration gets spoken about and the far right is often the one setting the tone. This episode is about reporting on migration through a different lens.

The spectre of industrial scale farming looms large in the French consciousness. Mixed family farms make way for ever larger operations with mono-culture crops or industrially farmed animals. Farming groups blame years of low prices, which helped fuel the farming protests that erupted in 2024. France’s opposition to a Brussels-led trade deal, which threatens to open the doors to cheap Brazilian beef, has become a divisive political issue.

France has long prided itself in high quality, sustainable farming practices that has earned it a reputation for world class artisanal agricultural products. Yet farming protests, which erupted in 2024, exposed a deep misgiving about the direction of food production in France. Their pleas for intervention to preserve traditional French farming may have come far too late.

Lighthouse Reports travelled to Eastern Libya to expose the UAE supported RSF network of military training camps that enabled them to continue their war in Sudan. The shadowy role of the United Arab Emirates in fueling the war in Sudan – once a well kept secret – is now acknowledged as a key driver of Sudan’s disastrous, yearslong civil war. Still, little is known about how the UAE co-opts regional governments to achieve its aims in Sudan.

Across Europe countries are seeking ways to get tougher on asylum seekers. They also want to save money and speed up processes. AI-powered “facial age estimation” (FAE) tools have developed as a way of preventing children from accessing age-restricted goods and services, such as adult-only online content or cigarettes and alcohol.