Niels Heithuis

{{short description|Dutch journalist and radio presenter}}

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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{{Cite web|url=https://www.nporadio1.nl/reporter-radio|title=Reporter Radio|website=NPO Radio 1}} and weekend breakfast on classical radio NPO Radio 4.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nporadio4.nl/deochtendvan4|title=De Ochtend van 4|website=NPO Radio 4}} He won the 2008 {{ill|Marconi Award (Netherlands)|lt=Marconi Award|nl|Marconi Award}}, 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.{{cite web |url=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;selecties&startrow=1&resultitemid=9&nrofresults=399&verityID=/16632/16714/16669/566743/450289@selecties |title=Beeld en Geluid |publisher=Zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl |accessdate=2013-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=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 |archivedate=2013-10-20 }}

Later in the decade he joined the commercial news station BNR Nieuwsradio, where he hosted the political weekend talk show, De Lobby.{{cite web |url=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;selecties&startrow=1&resultitemid=8&nrofresults=25&verityID=/16707/16791/16746/60780@expressies |title=Beeld en Geluid |publisher=Zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl |date=2006-08-26 |accessdate=2013-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=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 |archivedate=2013-10-20 }} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.radio1.nl/items/24457-bnr-in-haiti |title=BNR in Haïti - Radio 1 |publisher=Radio1.nl |date= |accessdate=2013-10-19}} of the Haiti earthquake. In 2007 he became the presenter of the evening drive time current affairs program {{ill|On the Move (radio show)|lt=On the Move|nl|On the Move}}. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.at5.nl/tv/donkere-dagen/aflevering/8883 |title=Niels Heithuis en Laurens Ivens - Donkere Dagen - AT5 Gemist |publisher=At5.nl |date=2011-12-27 |accessdate=2013-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020100429/http://www.at5.nl/tv/donkere-dagen/aflevering/8883 |archivedate=2013-10-20 }}