Media Policy Op-Eds

Public Access To News Media Data In Nepal

The data related to news media are important for advertisers, news media and the public. Due to this, many countries have mechanisms to collect such data and make them public....

Harsha Man Maharjan/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   पुस २०, २०७७ गते

The Year 2020: Media And Beyond

For global media, the year 2020 was the year of an extraordinary flow of news of loss, disruption, stress and plight. The real-life stories of the year were the ingredients...

Kundan Aryal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   पुस २०, २०७७ गते

Media Manufactured In India

Mahatma Gandhi mentioned three major tasks of the press: “One of the objects of the newspaper is to understand the popular feeling and give expression to it; another is to...

P Kharel/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १६, २०७७ गते

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...

Editorial/ The Himalayan Times प्रकाशित मिति   अशोज ३०, २०७७ गते

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...

Editorial/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   भदौ ३१, २०७७ गते

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...

Kundan Aryal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   भदौ १२, २०७७ गते

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...

Editorial/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   असार २८, २०७७ गते

Remedies For Coronavirus-Hit Nepali Media Industry

Nepali media industry is in crisis, as it was never before. This crisis is the result of both the economic havoc created by the coronavirus and the lack of acumen...

Harsha Man Maharjan/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   असार २८, २०७७ गते

Indian Media Degraded To Level Of Ethical Crisis

Laxman Datt PantAt a time when the world is struggling to fight COVID19, Indian media outlets particularly television channels are engaged in a mean campaign against Nepal, its integrity and...

Laxman Datt Pant/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   असार २८, २०७७ गते

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...

Editorial/ The Kathmandu Post प्रकाशित मिति   असार २६, २०७७ गते

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...

Modnath Dhakal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   असार २४, २०७७ गते

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...

Kundan Aryal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   असार २०, २०७७ गते

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’...

Editorial / Nepali Times प्रकाशित मिति   असार १२, २०७७ गते

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...

Kundan Aryal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   असार ५, २०७७ गते

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...

Kundan Aryal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   जेष्ठ ९, २०७७ गते

Fake News Can Have Grave Impact In Pandemic

The new coronavirus disease outbreak has already upended human life on a scale not seen in modern times. And the widespread dissemination of misinformation on social media is doing nothing...

Prasun Sangroula/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   जेष्ठ ८, २०७७ गते

‘Disinfodemic’ In Pandemic

While the COVID-19 spread has hit all of us hard, the media is making it even more difficult for people, worldwide to live with the pandemic. The United Nations Education,...

Sampada Anuranjanee Khatiwada/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   जेष्ठ ८, २०७७ गते

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...

Modnath Dhakal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   जेष्ठ ५, २०७७ गते

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...

Kundan Aryal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   बैशाख २७, २०७७ गते

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...

Editorial/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   बैशाख २५, २०७७ गते