Method
Reading a Timeline Backwards
Why reconstructing events from the most recent date often uncovers the weakest link first.
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Est. 2016 — Bandung
Structure and evidence for stories that unfold over years, not headlines.
Velnaris helps independent reporters verify chronologies, understand institutions, and test whether their sources actually corroborate each other.
9
years working with reporters
240+
chronologies reviewed
60+
institutional briefings
5
working days, typical turnaround
What we do
We do the quiet work behind a well-founded story.
Velnaris does not chase scoops. We work alongside reporters covering non-criminal subjects — institutional change, long-running disputes, slow-moving public decisions — helping them keep the underlying facts straight before publication.
- Every date and claim marked by how well it is supported.
- Structure and background, never conclusions on your behalf.
- Plain, documented methods you can describe to an editor.
Services
Three ways we support a story in progress
Chronology Verification
Separating dates confirmed by documents from those resting on memory.
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How a public body is organised, and which records it must publish.
Learn moreMulti-Source Corroboration Support
Assessing whether your accounts genuinely support each other.
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Recent field notes
Institutions
What a Records Register Actually Tells You
Public disclosure schedules are dry reading, but they map where a story can be checked.
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Sourcing
The Single-Origin Problem
Three accounts that all trace back to one conversation are not three sources.
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Approach
We mark what we know, and we mark what we don't.
- Documented facts and inference are always kept visibly separate.
- We work to your editorial standards, not around them.
- Non-criminal subjects only, so our methods stay narrow and consistent.
If a story needs its dates checked before it needs anything else, we're glad to help.
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What working with us looks like
"They found two dates in my timeline that rested on the same secondhand account. Small thing, would have mattered later."
Retno Wulandari
Freelance reporter, Bandung
"The briefing on the regional agency's reporting lines saved me a week of guessing who to ask for records."
Fajar Nugroho
Desk editor, regional outlet
"Plain, unhurried, and honest about which parts of my sourcing were thinner than I'd assumed."
Prima Andhika Putra
Independent researcher
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