A session on Factchecking for journalists an interactive session by FactCheck.lk

On 4 July 2023, Verité Media held a training course for a group of 35 journalists from Sinhala, English, and Tamil mediums, at the Ramada Hotel, Colombo. The three-hour session was based on the findings of FactCheck.lk and was titled “A session on Factchecking for journalists an interactive session by FactCheck.lk”.
 
The session was conducted by Verité Research’s Executive Director and Editor-in-chief of FactCheck.lk Dr. Nishan de Mel, Deputy Director of Media and Politics Deepanjalie Abeywardana, Senior Research Analyst Sureni Weerathunga in the Sinhala language. Interpretation was provided in the Tamil language.
 
In the discussion on holding high-level public officials and politicians accountable, the journalists advanced several suggestions, including: ensuring investigation of sources and verification process to improve accuracy of their work, the need to have alternative platforms online to publish articles that are not accepted by media outlets due to political affiliations, and educating media owners and editors who are the final decision makers on the content that is featured.
 
The session successfully fostered a constructive dialogue among the journalists about the increasing necessity of fact-checking in their line of work.
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