Mahoshadi Peiris
Mahoshadi manages the FactCheck.lk platform. She oversees the core analysts and administrative team, shaping the platform’s strategy. Additionally, Mahoshadi provides initial editorial and research guidance to the analysts before the fact-checks undergo a final review by the Editor-in-chief. She also manages the weekly production and dissemination of fact-checks across both social and mainstream media channels. Beyond her contributions to FactCheck.lk, Mahoshadi serves as the Team Leader for Verité Media, a division of Verité Research. In this capacity, she has led and authored numerous research assignments spanning various thematic areas, including research on ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka, personal law reform, language and media polarisation, and the challenge of information disorder. She holds a Bachelor of Laws with a Second (Upper) Division from the University of London and is currently reading for her Attorney-at-Law Bar examination at Sri Lanka Law College.