Lout Donders

Lout Donders (11 June 1954 – 29 November 2022) was a Dutch journalist, editor-in-chief and television program creator. He lived in Heeze. He won the won the J.B. Broeksz award [nl] in 1988. 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".

Biography

Donders worked from 1980 to 1984 for newspaper Het Parool where he was a correspondent. He also worked for the commercial local broadcaster TV8 [nl]. 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.

Donders won the J.B. Broeksz award [nl] 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.

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

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