Careers
Description
Join our team as a reporting fellow to learn from and contribute to our high-impact investigations.
Lighthouse Reports is hiring a part-time reporting fellow to work with us from 16 March 2026 to 18 September 2026.
Fellows 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.
Who we are
Lighthouse Reports is a multi award-winning nonprofit newsroom renowned for innovative public interest investigations that reach global public audiences. Working with many of the world’s leading media, our teams pursue investigations dealing with the most important issues of our time, from migration and climate to conflict and technology and accountability.
Lighthouse is registered in The Netherlands with an ANBI status. Its core team works from four different continents.
What to expect as a Lighthouse fellow
Over the course of six months, you will work with us to seed investigations, build reporting coalitions and devise impact strategies. You will sharpen your journalistic skills with some of the leaders in the field. You will apply your unique strengths to ongoing investigations.
This is a part-time fellowship requiring 2.5 days per week, lasting for 6 months.
We offer a stipend of €1,100 per month.
We are a distributed team and you can be based anywhere in the world with a good internet connection. Fellows must provide their own laptop.
Is this you?
You are an early-career professional, with less than five years of professional experience in journalism or a related field, who is passionate about investigative journalism and committed to the hard work involved in cross-border collaborations. You are constantly curious about new ways of doing journalism and making it reach the people that matter. You thrive in diverse and multicultural teams.
The application process
Submissions close on 2 January 2026
Shortlisted applicants can expect to get a written assignment by 23 January and be interviewed by 13 February
Fellow starts work on 16 March 2026
Requirements
- Less than five years of working experience
- Some prior experience in reporting or journalism-adjacent field
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Keen sense of news
- Advanced research skills, such as using public records requests and follow-the-money tools.
Benefits
€1,100 per month (2.5 days a week)
5 days leave for the duration of fellowship
Got a question about the fellowships? Join our webinar on:
Tuesday 9, Dec 10am, CET – Sign up here
Thursday 11, Dec 3pm, CET – Sign up here
Description
Join our team as an OSINT fellow to learn from and contribute to our high-impact investigations.
Lighthouse Reports is hiring a part-time open-source intelligence fellow to work with us from 16 March 2026 to 18 September 2026.
Fellows 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.
As part of our commitment to expand investigative journalism in underrepresented communities, we are recruiting an OSINT fellow exclusively from Majority World countries.
Who we are
Lighthouse Reports is a multi award-winning nonprofit newsroom renowned for innovative public interest investigations that reach global public audiences. Working with many of the world’s leading media, our teams pursue investigations dealing with the most important issues of our time, from migration and climate to conflict and technology and accountability.
Lighthouse is registered in The Netherlands with an ANBI status. Its core team works from four different continents.
What to expect as a Lighthouse fellow
Over the course of six months, you will work with us to seed investigations, build reporting coalitions and devise impact strategies. You will sharpen your journalistic skills with some of the leaders in the field. You will apply your unique strengths to ongoing investigations.
This is a part-time fellowship requiring 2.5 days per week, lasting for 6 months.
We offer a stipend of €1,100 per month.
We are a distributed team and you can be based anywhere in the world with a good internet connection. Fellows must provide their own laptop.
Is this you?
You are an early-career professional, with less than five years of professional experience in journalism or a related field, who is passionate about investigative journalism and committed to the hard work involved in cross-border collaborations. You are constantly curious about new ways of doing journalism and making it reach the people that matter. You thrive in diverse and multicultural teams.
The application process
Submissions close on 2 January 2026
Shortlisted applicants can expect to get a written assignment by 23 January and be interviewed by 13 February
Fellow starts work on 16 March 2026
Requirements
- Less than five years of working experience
- Some prior experience in journalism or journalism-adjacent field
- Citizen of a Majority World country
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Prior experience contributing to online open source investigations
- Demonstrated knowledge of visual verification techniques
- Understanding of information collection across various social media platforms
Benefits
€1,100 per month (2.5 days per week)
5 days leave for the duration of fellowship
Got a question about the fellowships? Join our webinar on:
Tuesday 9, Dec 10am, CET – Sign up here
Thursday 11, Dec 3pm, CET – Sign up here
Location: Athens, Greece preferred; remote possible.
Apply here.
About Lighthouse
Lighthouse is a multi award-winning nonprofit newsroom renowned for innovative public interest investigations that reach global public audiences, working with many of the world’s leading media. Our teams work on investigations that deal with the most important issues in the world from migration and climate, to conflict, tech and accountability. We serve multiple platforms, crossing borders, languages and formats.
Lighthouse is registered in The Netherlands with an ANBI status. Its core team works from four different continents.
The Role
We’re hiring a Human Resources and Operations Manager to help us build and maintain healthy, equitable and effective systems. This role has a direct through line to the quality and impact of our public interest journalism work. You’ll sit at the heart of our organisational infrastructure as part of a committed multinational team. You’ll help shape internal culture, strengthen systems and ensure that the people powering Lighthouse have the structure, care and clarity they need to thrive.
What you’ll do
Human Resources (40%)
Oversee the systems that make Lighthouse a great place to work: from onboarding and offboarding to annual staff surveys and professional development opportunities and equipment provision. You’ll manage our internal HR information system, create and update staff policies, coordinate performance reviews with managers and serve as the first point of contact for team concerns. You’ll also oversee staff benefits, including wellbeing and mental health support and help identify training needs across the team.
Operations (40%)
Build and maintain the systems that keep Lighthouse running: plan and execute our twice-yearly work weeks (in-person all-staff meetings) and participation in conferences — from launching planning processes and setting budgets to booking venues and catering. You’ll oversee travel budgets and logistics, manage our travel and other platforms, including our internal wiki and calendars.
Administration and Finance (20%)
You’ll handle purchases and contracts, backstop the Finance Manager when needed and support grant reporting. You’ll also help manage our internal grants calendar, ensuring deadlines and deliverables are tracked and met.
You’ll act as Board liaison and secretary: preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes, and coordinating in-person board meetings and travel.
You’ll run office logistics — maintaining supplies, coordinating vendors and payments and managing access.
Who you are
You believe quality journalism depends on solid structures. You’re a proactive thinker and initiative-taker with strong interpersonal skills. You’re organised, cool under pressure, able to anticipate needs before they arise and you thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments.
Requirements
Essential
- Minimum of 3-5 years of operations experience, including line management
- Excellent strategic thinking and planning skills, able to bridge between strategy and operational detail
- Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities; excellent time-management skills
- Strong collaboration, leadership and people management skills; ability to work across teams
- Excellent personal and written communication skills in English
Desirable
- Experience in international nonprofit and/or journalism settings
- Experience in budgeting and forecasting
- Experience with grants management and donor reports
- Competence in Greek
Benefits
- Salary range: €40,000-50,000/year depending on experience
- Macbook or equivalent
- Remote-first workplace with flexible working hours
- Training, travel and mental health support budgets
- 30 days of annual leave, plus national holidays
Apply here.