About Verité Media
Our Journey and Purpose
Verité Media was established in 2016 with the vision of improving public understanding and access to reliable information, while professionalising the media industry.
We specialise in areas including, but not limited to, media ethics, ownership, polarisation, regulation, and information disorders.
The Verité Media Team
Nishan is one of Sri Lanka’s most respected and influential economists, with extensive academic, public policy and private sector experience.
Deepanjalie has extensive experience in media ethics, media behaviour as well as media and women.
Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare has previously worked as a sub-editor for The Morning newspaper and a programme coordinator for the Sri Lanka Press Institute.
Edward has worked as a journalist at Athavan News, a television presenter at Athavan TV.
Jonathan undertakes both research and managerial responsibilities within the media team.
Kaumini Mapa co-leads Ethics Eye, an online platform that flags ethical violations in the Sinhala press.
Mahoshadi Peiris is the Team Leader of Verité Media, a division of Verité Research.
Buwanajee is engaged in the research outputs of key online platforms lead by the Media and Political Research team; including Ethic Eye, an online platform that flags ethical violations in the Sinhala media as well as FactCheck.lk, a platform curated to counter misinformation and fact-check statements made by high leve…