Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu is a staff writer with PolitiFact based in Washington, D.C. He previously covered national politics at the Los Angeles Times and global religion at the Associated Press. As a freelancer, he wrote and reported for a range of international media outlets including The Guardian, The New York Times, Quartz, CNN and Al Jazeera English. He has a master of science degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor of arts from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.