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Backlight is a podcast produced by the investigations team at Lighthouse Reports. Every month we take you inside real world investigations to explain how they work, who works on them and how to get involved.
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Do you need to go to journalism school? w/ Laís Martins and Shoeb Abdullah (opens the original)
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Does journalism school still matter? This episode follows two early career journalists who got into the field in completely different ways: one who went to J-school twice, and one who never went at all. 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 Hosted by Beatriz Ramalho da Silva and Tessa Pang Sound edited and designed by Elli Xypolitaki
Reclaiming the migration narrative w/ Coco Khan, Sakhr Al-Makhadhi & May Bulman (opens the original)
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Fear, crisis, invasion. That's the way migration gets spoken about and the far right is often the one setting the tone. So how can journalism push back against this narrative? This episode brings together three people covering migration from very different angles: social media, cross border investigations, and cultural commentary with a pinch of humor. Interviewees: Sakhr Al-Makhadhi, Executive Producer at AJ+ May Bulman, Investigations Editor at Lighthouse Reports Coco Khan, journalist, writer
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