• The influence of awards on journalism
• The pitfalls of award categories
• How awards can be reimagined to value journalism that serves the public interest

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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In the context of our latest investigation exposing ethnically motivated atrocities against civilians by the Sudanese Armed Forces, Beatriz and Tessa speak to Lighthouse editor Aziz Alnour and digital reporter Sabrina Slipchenko about:

• The challenges of reporting on Sudan and how we overcame them
• How we gather and verify open source evidence, and how we conducted on-the-ground interviews with survivors
• How the work can increase public attention on Sudan, contribute to international accountability and achieve justice for survivors.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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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 characters.

We take you inside The Global Investigative Journalism Conference with some behind-the-scenes audio and Beatriz’s first try of the world’s smelliest fruit.

Guests featured in this episode:

• Susanne Reber, Founder and Executive Producer, Piz Gloria Productions
• Sue-Lin Wong, Asia Correspondent, The Economist
• Roby Alampay, Founder, PumaPodcast

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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Hosts Beatriz and Tessa speak with their Lighthouse colleagues, Crofton Black and Emmanuel Freudenthal, about their recent undercover investigation, Surveillance Secrets. They walk us through the creation of their character, a shady businessman named Albert, and the prep work in their back office before the big day.

Next, they talk with Jean Peters of Correctiv about how he infiltrated a secret meeting with neo-Nazis and members of Germany’s far-right party, AfD. He shares how he booked a hotel room under a fake persona and played the role of a wealthy guest, while his colleagues followed him from a sauna boat.

Finally, they speak to Veena Holkar, director of the non-profit organisation Wildlight, who explained why women often make the best undercover reporters.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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Beatriz and Tessa speak with Bashar and Mais about the experience of reporting from Syria for the first time in 14 years and what it means to uncover injustice in a country still healing from dictatorship. We discuss the story’s impact and how the reporting empowered the families still searching for their children and for justice and accountability.

They also speak with Lighthouse Senior Editor, Charlotte Alfred who explains how this cross-border collaboration came together and why international partnerships remain vital for accountability journalism in Syria.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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– Part 1: Beatriz and Tessa speak with Cynthia Gichiri, a multimedia journalist at Africa Uncensored, who took a story about the health dangers of pesticides on the road through rural Kenya to get it to the farmers most at risk.

– Part 2: A conversation to Mazin Sidahmed, who co-founded Documented, a newsroom that was designed from the ground up to serve immigrant communities in New York City in the languages they speak on the platforms they already use.

– Part 3: 5 practical things journalists at any outlet can do to make sure their reporting reaches affected communities.
From WhatsApp group chats to community screenings, this episode is about getting reporting out of the newsroom and into people’s hands.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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Journalists Lu Min Lwin and Lucelle Bonzo talk us through the methods behind the investigation, and share resources for journalists looking to incorporate remote sensing in their own work. We dive into how journalists can merge innovative methods with community reporting to demand government accountability.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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Recorded at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, host Tessa Pang sits down with three news content creators – Johanna Rüdiger, Johnny Harris, and Adam Cole (Howtown) – to explore how they build trust, communicate complexity, and make journalism not just informative, but engaging.

From fighting the idea that short-form means “dumbing down,” to embracing transparency, audience-first storytelling, and conversational tone, this episode dives deep into how content creators are reshaping news and what traditional journalists can take from their playbook.

Whether you’re in a newsroom or just news-curious, this one’s for anyone thinking about the future of how we tell stories.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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Beatriz and Tessa are joined by Lighthouse reporter Margot Gibbs, and independent investigative reporter, Giacomo Zandonini.

They share practical examples on how to follow the money and tell us why you don’t have to be a numbers expert to do the same.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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For over 18 months, across 7 countries and with over 20 journalists we sought to answer – what is the true cost of Europe’s discrimination against migrants? And why are proposed solutions failing?

In this episode of Backlight, Beatriz and Tessa speak to two reporters from the investigation – Justin Yarga who led on the Sweden story and Justin Casimir Braun who led the data reporting.

Justin Yarga shares his experience of reporting on a story based on his own experience of migrating to Sweden and Justin Casimir Braun talks about how we got the data at the key of unlocking this story.

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Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang
Sound design, mixing and editing: Spoovio – Audiovisual Productions

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