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Find a freelance fact checker in Colombo
Journalist.net has 26 fact checkers in Colombo. Their recent work appears in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Ceylon Today, The New York Times, Local News 8.
Coverage includes Fact-Checking & Verification, Breaking News & General Assignment, Politics & Government, International Affairs, Travel & Tourism.
Between them they report in Sinhala, Tamil, Hindi, German.
Our top fact checkers in Colombo are Nishel Fernando and Akila Jayawardena.
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Fact Checkers in Colombo
Nishel Fernando Senior Business Journalist | Daily Mirror Business Nishel Fernando is an award-winning Senior Business Journalist at Daily Mirror Business (Wijeya Newspapers) with a decade of experience covering the pulse of the Sri Lankan economy. While widely recognized for his authoritative ...
English
Sinhala
German
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+11
Usually Responds Within a day
Akila Jayawardena is an independent visual journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Since 2017, he has built a strong reputation for documenting the country's most defining moments from the 2018 Constitutional Crisis and 2019 Easter Bombings to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Economic Crisis ...
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Documentaries
Photography
+2
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Sports
+4
Usually Responds Within a day
Hassaan Shazuli is a freelance journalist based in Sri Lanka. He has written for publications in the likes of Al Jazeera, Mongabay, VICE World News, and The New Arab. His stories on print, broadcast and digital media platforms, focus on issues affecting the society, economy and environment. A ...
English
Sinhala
Tamil
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+10
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+7
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Rukshana Rizwie is an editor and journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her Linkedin profile (https://lk.linkedin.com/in/rukshana-rizwie-******) features her extensive background as a local and international journalist.
English
Hindi
Sinhala
+1
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+8
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+6
Bookings Completed 12
Booking Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Mario Andree is a journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
English
Sinhala
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Services & Production
+3
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Bekshi Shayamali Dinitha Rathnayake is an award-winning journalist and media professional with over 17 years of experience reporting across print, radio, digital, and broadcast platforms. Based in Sri Lanka, she specializes in investigative journalism, gender-sensitive reporting, public affairs, ...
English
Hindi
Sinhala
+1
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+7
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Film & Television
+9
Usually Responds Within a month
Aanya Wipulasena is a journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. You can find out more information on LinkedIn- ****
English
Sinhala
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
News Gathering
+9
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Services & Production
+6
Usually Responds Within a day
Tharaka Basnayaka: Award-Winning Photojournalist | Visual Storyteller & Trainer Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka (Available for International Assignments) Highly decorated and deadline-driven photojournalist specializing in high-impact visual coverage across Breaking News, International Sports, ...
English
Sinhala
Feature Stories
Photography
360 Videography
+1
Breaking News & General Assignment
Fact-Checking & Verification
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Selladurai KrishnaKumar is a journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
English
Hindi
Sinhala
+1
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
News Gathering
360 Videography
+2
Finance & Markets
Entertainment & Celebrity
Food & Drink
+5
Usually Responds Within a day
I am Angelo Samarawickrema, a photojournalist/Investigative Journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. My call sign in the Industry is "TheClickmeister or TheOne&OnlyClickmeister." Having over 25 years in field experience having covered disaster zones of Colombo and around Sri Lanka both during and ...
English
Sinhala
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
Documentaries
+11
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Film & Television
+13
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