Ada Derana Author Profiles

Binoy Suriyaarachchi received his B.A. in Mass Communications from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Before joining Ada Derana, he worked as a journalist at two national newspapers since 2011 where he helped cover major stories including Welikada prison riot, Matale mass grave and Aluthgama riot. In various capacities in digital communication operations with Ada Derana, leading to his present assignment as Deputy Editor, he has acquired skills in tasks including analysing and creating digital content for social media platforms, drafting Facebook posts and tweets, implementing social media campaigns and review them, writing feature and news articles on a wide range of topics including political, security and economic issues.