# Backlight

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Official site: https://www.lighthousereports.com/
Author: Lighthouse Reports
Episodes: 33

## Resource

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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## Episodes
- [Reclaiming the migration narrative w/ Coco Khan, Sakhr Al-Makhadhi & May Bulman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/reclaiming-the-migration-narrative-w-coco-khan-sakhr-al-makhadhi-may-bulman) — 2026-07-21T10:30:38+00:00
- [Lessons from Local News w/ M. Lothian-McLean, J. Mori & P. Prasanna](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/lessons-from-local-news-w-m-lothian-mclean-j-mori-p-prasanna) — 2026-06-15T07:06:23+00:00
- [How can the media win back our trust? w/ Ed Lee, Joi Lee & Isaac Saul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-can-the-media-win-back-our-trust-w-ed-lee-joi-lee-isaac-saul) — 2026-05-06T11:52:20+00:00
- [Rethinking journalism awards w/ Patrick Boehler and Jennifer Athanasiou-Prins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/rethinking-journalism-awards-w-patrick-boehler-and-jennifer-athanasiou-prins) — 2026-04-08T14:35:57+00:00
- [How to report on Sudan w/ Aziz Alnour & Sabrina Slipchenko](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-to-report-on-sudan-w-aziz-alnour-sabrina-slipchenko) — 2026-02-17T11:34:42+00:00
- [How to make an investigative podcast (Live from GIJC 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-to-make-an-investigative-podcast-live-from-gijc-2025) — 2026-01-09T08:59:40+00:00
- [How to become an undercover reporter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-to-become-an-undercover-reporter) — 2025-12-03T08:35:24+00:00
- [Journalism in a Free Syria](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/journalism-in-a-free-syria) — 2025-11-03T08:01:39+00:00
- [Highlights from seasons 2 & 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/highlights-from-seasons-2-3) — 2025-09-23T17:34:52+00:00
- [Who is journalism for?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/who-is-journalism-for) — 2025-07-30T12:18:42+00:00
- [Tracking deforestation from space](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/tracking-deforestation-from-space) — 2025-06-30T08:54:37+00:00
- [What journalists can learn from content creators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/what-journalists-can-learn-from-content-creators) — 2025-05-30T18:23:20+00:00
- [Become a money trails expert](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/become-a-money-trails-expert) — 2025-04-30T12:17:38+00:00
- [The cost of Europe’s structural racism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/the-cost-of-europe-s-structural-racism) — 2025-03-26T07:58:48+00:00
- [Don’t leave AI reporting to the experts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/don-t-leave-ai-reporting-to-the-experts) — 2025-02-11T13:08:06+00:00
- [Investigating border deaths in the shadow of US election](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/investigating-border-deaths-in-the-shadow-of-us-election) — 2024-12-10T05:37:23+00:00
- [How to get sources to talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-to-get-sources-to-talk) — 2024-10-31T09:37:55+00:00
- [Protecting mental health in the newsroom - what we’ve learnt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/protecting-mental-health-in-the-newsroom-what-we-ve-learnt) — 2024-09-30T06:02:13+00:00
- [How to fund your investigation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-to-fund-your-investigation) — 2024-07-23T15:03:12+00:00
- [Making your investigation count at election time. What we’ve learned](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/making-your-investigation-count-at-election-time-what-we-ve-learned) — 2024-06-04T17:34:20+00:00
- [Inside Europe’s biggest journalism conference](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/inside-europe-s-biggest-journalism-conference) — 2024-05-27T11:07:02+00:00
- [How to become an open source investigator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-to-become-an-open-source-investigator) — 2024-04-23T07:32:35+00:00
- [What it’s like being a fellow at Lighthouse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/what-it-s-like-being-a-fellow-at-lighthouse) — 2024-04-02T06:04:51+00:00
- [How to force a UK U-turn: Lessons from our Afghan left behind investigation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/how-to-force-a-uk-u-turn-lessons-from-our-afghan-left-behind-investigation) — 2024-03-14T06:10:54+00:00
- [Welcome to Season 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/welcome-to-season-2) — 2024-02-12T10:16:56+00:00

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