Nash Weerasekera

Nash Weerasekera is an illustrator whose work has recently appeared in The Guardian and as a special contributor to ProPublica. In The Guardian, Weerasekera's illustrations accompanied an article discussing the delayed release of a labor gambling report, highlighting unanswered questions about enforcement and operator requirements. For ProPublica, Weerasekera contributed to a report detailing how doctors billed Medicare over $100 million for potentially unnecessary and risky vascular procedures performed in medical offices. This work by Weerasekera is newsworthy due to its involvement in shedding light on significant public interest issues: the regulation of gambling and the oversight of medical billing practices. His illustrations and contributions serve to visually represent and underscore the importance of these investigative pieces, making complex topics more accessible to the public.