Niels Heithuis Explained

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, 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 . 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reporter Radio. NPO Radio 1.
  2. Web site: De Ochtend van 4. NPO Radio 4.
  3. Web site: Beeld en Geluid . Zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . 2013-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020124442/http://zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl/internet/index.aspx?chapterid=1164&filterid=974&contentid=7&searchID=96259&columnorderid=-1&orderby=1&itemsOnPage=10&defsortcol=12&defsortby=2&pvname=personen&pis=expressies%3Bselecties&startrow=1&resultitemid=9&nrofresults=399&verityID=%2F16632%2F16714%2F16669%2F566743%2F450289%40selecties . 2013-10-20 .
  4. Web site: Beeld en Geluid . Zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl . 2006-08-26 . 2013-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020124439/http://zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl/internet/index.aspx?chapterid=1164&filterid=974&contentid=7&searchID=561890&columnorderid=-1&orderby=1&itemsOnPage=10&defsortcol=12&defsortby=2&pvname=personen&pis=expressies%3Bselecties&startrow=1&resultitemid=8&nrofresults=25&verityID=%2F16707%2F16791%2F16746%2F60780%40expressies . 2013-10-20 .
  5. Web site: BNR in Haïti - Radio 1 . Radio1.nl . 2013-10-19.
  6. Web site: Niels Heithuis en Laurens Ivens - Donkere Dagen - AT5 Gemist . At5.nl . 2011-12-27 . 2013-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020100429/http://www.at5.nl/tv/donkere-dagen/aflevering/8883 . 2013-10-20 .