Zsófia Fülöp

Independent Journalist, Lakmusz

Zsófia Fülöp is an award-winning Hungarian journalist at Lakmusz, the country’s first dedicated fact-checking site. She joined the team in May 2023 and covers the pressing problems of the social and health systems, press freedom and democracy, as well as political and social issues in her wider region, from a disinformation perspective. Previously, she worked for nine years at the independent political-cultural weekly Magyar Narancs, where she strongly focused on reporting on under-represented communities such as Roma people, refugees, people living with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. In 2020, Zsófia became a fellow in the Central and Eastern Europe Journalist Fellowship Program, receiving a grant for a project on LGBTQ+ rights. In 2022, she was awarded a fellowship at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in Oxford, researching media representation of the Roma community in Hungary. In addition to Hungarian media, her writing has appeared in Initium Media and Balkan Insight.