Kristiyan Yulzari
Kristiyan Yulzari began working in journalism while still in high school, when he joined the editorial team of sCOOL Media, the national platform for student journalism. At the age of 16, he published his first investigation into corruption in the spending of state budget funds allocated for the prevention of addictions among young people.
Since 2021, he has worked freelance for the fact-checking platform Factcheck.bg and the regional investigative journalism website Za istinata (“For the Truth”). In early 2025, he joined the team of the Anti-Corruption Fund. His articles have been published by DW, Radio Free Europe, Dnevnik, and others. His interests include anti-corruption, public finance, and disinformation.
He is studying Political Science at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski.” He took part in a one-month journalism fellowship in the United States at Arizona State University as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Study of the U.S. Institutes program. He is a recipient of the Valya Krushkina – Journalism for the People Award, the Web Report Award, and the Anti-Corruption Fund’s Red Line Award.
