Assessing media attack
Never have the Nepali news media come under such heavy fire in such frequency in public from both sides of the political divide as they experienced these past few months....
Press is completely free in Nepal – Prime Minister Oli
Davos (Switzerland, 23 January 2019 23) – Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said Nepal is a country that believes in democracy and where everything is under the Constitution. “We...
Facebook to invest funds to support journalism, hard-hit media houses
Facebook announced today that it would invest $300 million over three years to support journalism, with an emphasis on promoting hard-hit local news organisations. The move, on the heels of...
Future will be heard
What explains the success of audio-journalism in the era of streaming videos that were once feared to capture our attention and decimate every competitor including print media? “The ear is more...
Press freedom anxiety
Even decades after multi-party democracy, which promised all the inherent tenets of the system, was ushered in the country, institutionalising press freedom is still proving to be problematic. Although governments,...
Civil society and media: Give them their due
Civil society is considered to be one of the key players in a democracy, the people’s regime, to put forth the people’s voice in a more logical and judicial manner....
2018 AD was challenging year for Nepali press: FNJ
Kathmandu-The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has evaluated the year 2018 as a challenging period for the Nepali press. According to the FNJ media monitoring unit, a total of 58 cases...
Media Freedom Deteriorating
The report encloses freedom of press and expression updates from January to December 2018 which highlighted a total of 98 press freedom violations during this passing year 2018, a sharp...
Journalism in peril
Jan 1, 2019- As news headlines across the world have shown, 2018 delivered major blows to truth and justice. But this was especially true for the people who write the...
Gender & news media: Where are the women?
News media has power to take stories related to women and gender equality out of the private realm. But, when there are few female news sources, it forces audience to...
Sifting Good From Bad
The Internet is a vast trove of information on any topic under the sun. Moreover, it is accessible to anybody connected to the worldwide web. This is a miracle made...
In Black & White Fact Today, Fiction Tomorrow
In the November 2016 presidential polls, American elites’ disconnect with voters was a big “surprise” and “shock”. Open biases persistently afflicted scribes recognised as experts in various fields. Critical faculties...
‘Monopoly of capitalist big media houses’ must end, says Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday claimed that the big media houses of the country have been captured by brokers and...
Private media may meet fate of News of the World: Baskota
Dec 7: For the second week in a row, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Baskota, one of the most trusted lieutenants of Prime Minister KP Oli, has lambasted private...
Check facts before blaming and framing govt, Minister Banskota tells journalists
Kathmandu, Dec. 7: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Banskota on Thursday told journalists to be accountable and write only verified news by checking the facts before blaming and framing...
‘Fake news a big challenge for media’
KATHMANDU, Dec3: Media entrepreneurs as well as media persons have said that fake news has been a major challenge seen in the media sector in recent years. Speaking at a...
PM must tame Information Minister
The spokesperson of K P Sharma Oli’s government Gokul Baskota, who is also the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, has been exhibiting extreme intolerance toward media and public criticism...
Minister Baskota issues veiled threat against private media
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Government spokesperson Gokul Baskota has warned media owners and journalists to think about their investment and their jobs while writing news stories that are unfavorable to the...
Release journalist Chand, FNJ demands
Kathmandu, Nov 28 . The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has demanded that the government immediately release journalist Gopal Chand. Issuing a press release on Wednesday, FNJ said editor of...
Minister orders state media to muzzle—and counter—Dr KC, Nirmala news
Nov 29, 2018- Minister for Information and Communications Gokul Prasad Baskota personally summoned editors of all five state media publications and instructed them not to publish any critical news related...