Lout Donders

Lout Donders (11 June 1954 – 29 November 2022) was a Dutch journalist, editor-in-chief and television program creator.[1] He lived in Heeze.[2] He won the won the J.B. Broeksz award in 1988.[3] According to Omroep Brabant where he worked most of his career he: "might have been [for Omroep Brabant] one of the most important employees ever".[4]

Lout Donders
Born(1954-06-11)11 June 1954
Died29 November 2022(2022-11-29) (aged 68)
NationalityDutch
Occupationjournalist

Biography

Donders worked from 1980[5] to 1984[6] for newspaper Het Parool where he was a correspondent.[7][8] He also worked for the commercial local broadcaster TV8. The biggest part of his career he worked for Omroep Brabant. At Omroep Brabant he started working as the news editor-in-chief. However, he had the greatest successes when the "Varia" department (translated: Miscellaneous department) came under his supervision. He ensured that Omroep Brabant became a high-profile broadcaster with award-winning documentaries and increasing popularity.[4][9]

Donders won the J.B. Broeksz award in 1988 for his reportage Kinder vom Bulenhuserdamm. The reportage served as a warning against fascism. In this reportage a group of school children from Eindhoven walked the way along two children died in World War II.[3]

Donders retired in 2020, but he remained active in the media and made programms for Omroep Tilburg.[4][9]

Donders was grandfather. He died on 29 November 2022 in his sleep, at the age of 68.[4][9]

References
  1. "Overlijdensbericht en herinneringsplaats van Lout Donders". memori.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. Donders, Lout (15 December 1981). "Brabants voedseltransport overhaast uit Polen terug 'Der Krieg had angefangen'". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. "J.B. Broekszprijs naar KRO en regionale Omroep Brabant". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 25 November 1988. Retrieved 30 November 2022 – via Delpher.
  4. "In Memoriam: Lout Donders (68) overleden". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. "Pastorale 'een maas in de wet'". Het Parool (in Dutch). 17 January 1980. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  6. "Uit Balans". Het Parool (in Dutch). 13 March 1984. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  7. Donders, Lout (10 December 1982). "'Nederland had eerder bevreid kunnen worden'". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  8. Donders, Lout (31 January 1984). "Mr Van Agt, commissaris van de koningin in Noord-Brabant". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  9. "Journalist Lout Donders (68) onverwacht overleden: 'Brabant gaat hem missen'". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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