Media Policy Op-Eds

Clean-up act

Despite pressure from the private cable operators and Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television service providers, the government has shown its resolve not to extend the deadline for implementing Clean Feed. This...

Fighting Pandemic Of Disinformation

The rise of digital and social media has changed the entire landscape of media, thanks to the people’s enhanced access to internet and smartphones. More importantly, it is their ever...

The Tale Of Storytellers

Every sphere of Nepali society has started to endure the socio-economic and psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The media industry, which has been growing constantly since the 1990 political...

Fake And Fabricated

Journalism is a sacred profession committed to the principle of disseminating fair, factual and objective information to the readers. It offers citizens informed choices, enabling them to sift facts from...

Fake it like Indian TV

In a short video clip doing the rounds on social media in the past couple of days, Janata Samajwadi Party leader and former foreign minister Upendra Yadav is heard answering...

Who Should A Journalist Write For?

Every writing or multimedia presentation is for the audience. Since there would be no journalism or media work without the audience and subsequently no advertisers, journalists should identify and cater...

An Era Of Converged Media Evolving

Over the last six months, the coronavirus has not only caused a serious public health problem but also posed a severe immediate threat to the centuries-old human traditions. Let's take...

Media muzzle

In the western-style parliamentary democracy that Nepal has adopted, besides the three pillars of the state (the legislature, judiciary and the executive) there is also the media. The ‘fourth estate’...

Embracing ‘Do No Harm Policy’

It is 2000-2001 when a series of short-term trainings were conducted for the journalists throughout the country, the trainees were asked not to write the stories about suicides. Danish instructors...

Orchestration Of Indian Channels

INDIA is the nation where constitutional provision guarantees media freedom. However, as the rational media personalities even in India observe, in the context of foreign relations, especially in dealing with...

Reporting From Home

Journalism is a creative profession that largely takes place in the field. A journalist comes into contact with the people of different walks of life, makes use of documents, cultivates...

Bridging The Digital Divide

A student of Master's level in Journalism and Mass Communication requested his department head over the phone not to run online classes, citing that he lives in a remote village...

Crucial Role Of Media

There is no denying the fact that media play a significant role in national affairs and national development. It not only promotes national identity and harmony but also contributes in...

Nepali Media Facing The Pandemic

Indira Aryal At a time when the world is at standstill with lockdown used as a major strategy to combat the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the role of media to...