Niels Heithuis

Niels Heithuis

Niels Heithuis (born 4 June 1972, Zaandam, Netherlands) is a Dutch journalist and radio presenter. Currently, he hosts an investigative news show on NPO Radio 1[1] and weekend breakfast on classical radio NPO Radio 4.[2] He won the 2008 Marconi Award [nl], an industry prize for best radio program.

In the 90's, Niels Heithuis worked as a reporter and presenter for the Dutch branch of Classic FM. From 2000 he was an investigative reporter for public broadcaster VARA.[3]

Later in the decade he joined the commercial news station BNR Nieuwsradio, where he hosted the political weekend talk show, De Lobby.[4] At the same time he was a news reporter for the station covering, inter alia, the murder of Theo van Gogh, the Hofstad terrorist group and the first anniversary[5] of the Haiti earthquake. In 2007 he became the presenter of the evening drive time current affairs program On the Move [nl]. The show broadcast live from the USA during the 2008 elections. He left the station in 2011 and continued to be a freelance journalist for radio and television.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reporter Radio". NPO Radio 1.
  2. ^ "De Ochtend van 4". NPO Radio 4.
  3. ^ "Beeld en Geluid". Zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  4. ^ "Beeld en Geluid". Zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl. 2006-08-26. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. ^ "BNR in Haïti - Radio 1". Radio1.nl. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  6. ^ "Niels Heithuis en Laurens Ivens - Donkere Dagen - AT5 Gemist". At5.nl. 2011-12-27. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-19.

External links[edit]

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