Lighthouse Reports

When Assad’s security state collapsed, locked doors opened, spilling decades of secrets. Among them: 100s of stolen children, hidden in orphanages & used to blackmail parents. We’ve done the deepest dive yet into this cruel system. Here’s what we found 🧵 lighthousereports.com/investigation/…

Trust in media is at an all time low. So how do we fix it? In this episode of #Backlight, we go inside newsrooms, newsletters, and the world of independent journalists to find out what’s actually rebuilding trust and what’s making it worse. Interviewees - Ed Lee, former NYT Trust Editor - Joi Lee, Independent journalist - Isaac Saul, Tangle News And if you trust us… share it with someone who won’t 😉 Listen to the episode: lighthousereports.com/how-can-the-me… Hosts: @bearamalhosilva, Tessa Pang Sound editing and design: Elli Xypolitaki / @spoovio

Read the write-up in Sudan War Monitor sudanwarmonitor.com/p/4cc

Watch the full documentary youtube.com/watch?v=QuDBUf…

In October 2025, the RSF seized El Fasher, killing thousands in days in one of the deadliest massacres of Sudan’s civil war. For a new documentary, @LHreports and @AJFaultLines traveled to Uganda to hear survivors’ stories. lighthousereports.com/investigation/…

Using access to info requests and public data @MukamiPurity and @gabriels_geiger describe the journey of investigating Kenya's SHA, uncovering the deadly flaws of an algorithm that hurts the people it aims to serve. Published with @AfUncensored youtu.be/aYMfKLi81sY?is…

“When readers don't like a story or they have a problem with it, or they're just sort of skeptical, they tend to click on the byline. The most important innovation in this new bio was our ethics statement. So even just stating it up front had a huge impact.”, EdLee, journalist, former NYT Trust Editor In the latest #Backlight episode, Beatriz and Tessa talk to industry experts about the crisis of trust in the media and what can be done about it. Listen to the episode: lighthousereports.com/how-can-the-me…

Watch the full documentary by @joy_kirigia and the @AfUncensored team here youtube.com/watch?v=2ylELc…

Using access to info requests and public data @MukamiPurity @gabriels_geiger recreated the AI model and tested it. They found a crude system where simply owning a flush toilet can leave poor households predicted as rich

A radical population-level experiment built an AI system to decide what Kenyans should pay for healthcare. At a time of rising anger over the cost of living, it hammered the poorest and undercharged the wealthy. We found out why sha.africauncensored.online

Hier avec @LHReports @LeMondefr Komune & @DerSpiegel, on publiait les premières images d’une interception violente d’un kwassa au large de Mayotte par la police aux frontières Longtemps les autorités ont nié que de telles pratiques existaient. Un fil🧵 youtube.com/watch?v=zM4gBh…