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Press evaluation:
Background:

Court asks NPC not to run libellous news (kp 23/05/2013), SC stays publication of libelous material (ht 23/05/2013)

Media and mountains, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 22/05/2013)

Reporters urge court to bar none Call for equal treatment to those from TV,radio,online (ht 22/05/2013)

Report stressing need of inclusiveness in media submitted (nn 21/05/2013)

Contempt case against Kantipur Publications (ht 14/05/2013), Court contempt case against Kantipur daily (kp 14/05/2013), SC seeks Kantipur’s court articles (kp 16/05/2013), Judiciary rapped for attack on Kantipur (kp 18/05/2013)

MDGs and the media: A crucial linkage, by Meera Amatya (ht 07/05/2013)

228 anti-media incidents in past one year (ht 04/05/2013), Press for change: Freedom of media in Nepal (rep 05/05/2013)

Women in media: ‘Few employed, few quoted’ (kp 26/04/2013)

'Free & Fair': Media & CA-II, by Dharma Adhikari (kp 24/04/2013)

Outfit cadres torch van ferrying Post, Kantipur copies in Kavre, by Manoj Basnet (kp 14/04/2013)

1 window ad policy: Apex court lifts stay order (kp 26/03/2013)

Trust the watchdog: With politicians without credibility and civil society boxed in, the media is doing a great job informing the public, by Pramod Mishra (kp 21/03/2013)

Interim SC order on one-window advert policy (kp 04/03/2013)

The illusion of impact, by C.K. Lal (rep 01/03/2013)

Covering social sciences: Social science practitioners can do with more journalistic enquiry about their bad, mediocre and good work, by Pratyoush Onta (kp 27/02/2013)

Writ against advert distribution policy (kp 25/02/2013)

Shaping minds: There’s little correlation between what we study in press theory and its applicability in reality, by Karishma Karki (kp 22/02/2013)

Rethinking journalism: The Nepali mass media should stop playing the role of stenographers for the powerful, by Nirmal Rijal (kp 11/02/2013)

Cabinet okays media policy (ht 04/02/2013)

Govt okays ‘one-window advertisement policy’: Move widely seen as bid to control media outlets critical of it, by Anil Giri (kp 01/02/2013), Advert directive for media gets govt nod (ht 01/02/2013), Ad policy not meant to target any media house: Chief secy (kp 02/02/2013)

Team in Kavre to take stock of press freedom (kp 01/02/2013)

World Press Freedom Index - 2013: Nepal slips 12 places, drops to 106 (kp 31/01/2013) [see index], Nepal not safe for journalists, says RWB (ht 31/01/2013)

PCN chairman: Legal experts decry Yadav’s appointment (kp 28/01/2013), Ex-judge’s appointment as NPC Chair challenged (ht 31/01/2013)

Government plans incentives for media houses, scribe body: Committee formed to implement the proportional ad distribution, by Prakash Acharya (kp 28/01/2013), Media fraternity pleased, but doubt incentive plan: Many say scheme benefits media owners more than journos (ht 30/01/2013)

Social media magnification: Domestic violence and the victimisation of women is not new in our male-directed societies, what is new is the degree to which its magnification through social media can spread solidarity, and potentially trigger policy change, by Kunda Dixit (nt 11/01/2013), The news makers: People set agenda these days, not mainstream media, by Biswas Baral (rep 11/01/2013)

‘Press freedom squeezed in 2012’ (kp 01/01/2013), 25 mediapersons killed in S Asia this year: Two Nepali scribes lost their lives; 43 cases of vandalism of media houses; 20 journos sacked (ht 01/01/2013), On a tight leash: Press freedom in 2012 (rep 02/01/2013), ‘Media working amid threats’ (kp 03/01/2013)

A dreadful year: The media scenario of Nepal this year was one of the worst since the peace process commenced in 2006, by Bhanu Bhakta Acharya (kp 30/12/2012)

Make media houses gender-friendly: Govt (ht 29/12/2012)

Journos injured as Shiva Senacadres vandalise media office, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 21/12/2012), Nagarik office vandalised: 13 activists of Shiva Sena Nepal arrested for the act (ht 21/12/2012)

Time for self-appraisal: It is worth looking onto how well the Nepali media is serving the very essence of journalism, by Shyam K.C. (kp 14/12/2012)

Telling truth to power: When the conscience keepers of society show elastic ethics, it is time to worry, by Anurag Acharya (nt 14/12/2012)

Our ama, our hero: Graphic journalist tells the story of Pushpa Basnet and her children through comics (nt 30/11/2012)

Columns and inches, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 21/11/2012)

'Press freedom precondition for democracy' (nn 11/10/2012)

A lesson in sensitivity: The implementation of the journalistic code of conduct in Nepal, especially with regards to insensitive airing of images related to violence or death in the media, is dismal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 06/10/2012)

Power with grace, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 26/09/2012)

A digital bubble: A three-day seclusion project—the New Media Gufa—looked into the utility of social media in the processes of newsgathering, and its growing impact on our lives, by Nitya Pandey (kp 15/09/2012)

Digital boon: E-bidding, by Dhruba Nepal (rep 28/08/2012)

Trust me, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 15/08/2012)

Call for inclusive newsroom (ht 07/08/2012), Int’l Indigenous Day today: Indigenous folk have little access to and participation in media (kp 09/08/2012), UNESCO for inclusive media (ht 09/08/2012)

Online media gaining on traditional forms (kp 02/08/2012)

Between the lines: Media transparency, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 01/08/2012)

Breaking traditional news barriers (kp 01/07/2012)

The messenger is to blame: The platform for debating national problems has itself become a part of the problem, by Anurag Acharya (nt 15/06/2012), Paradigm shrift: Media loses its political independence when it becomes unviable as a business, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 15/06/2012)

Report calls for more media coverage on rural issues (kp 08/06/2012), Looking within Media on rural issues (rep 13/06/2012)

Do We Get What We Want?, by Aditi Aryal (sp 08/06/2012)

Not breaking news: The 'national' media has no time for the personal tragedy of the poorest villages of Nepal's poorest districts, by Anurag Acharya (nt 08/06/2012)

Social networking sites a powerful medium for change: A large section of the populace is away from online interactive culture while others have failed to exploit it, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 30/05/2012)

Raise the flag: Press freedom is a powerful tool to transform Nepal into a sustainable democracy, by Axel Plathe (kp 03/05/2012)

Pride and prejudice, by Narayan Kandel (rep 08/02/2012)

Speak your mind: The new media policy inherits some fundamental contradictory issues, especially with regard to investment and transparency, by Brabim Kumar and Upendra Ghimire (kp 08/02/2012)

RTI Revision Invites New Trouble, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 01/02/2012), On 2nd stay order, FNJ withdraws stir (kp 02/02/2012)

Media policy 2012: Bad timing, by Ujjwal Acharya (rep 28/01/2012), Chief secy defends ‘transparent’, ‘progressive’ information policy: Bin it fast, say journalists, RTI activists (kp 28/01/2012), FNJ to protest noose on press (kp 31/01/2012)

Nepali media still in tight spot: Press freedom report (ht 26/01/2012)

Media complex, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 18/01/2012)

Mediascapes, by Suresh Parajuli (rep 14/01/2012)

Truths, half-truths and damn lies: How easily an entire nation can be fooled by a few unexamined facts, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 13/01/2012)

Printing sector faces a double whammy: Caught between armed groups, police (kp 07/01/2012), The media malaise, by Anil Giri (kp 08/01/2012)

Resolution next, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 04/01/2012)

Reforms from within: A journalist's perspectives, by Damakant Jayshi (rep 30/12/2011)

Responsive media: The time has come to start a fresh debate on creating a free and clean media atmosphere in Nepal, by Anil Giri (kp 25/12/2011)

News minus paper, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 21/12/2011)

FNJ concerned over restriction on Wen visit (rep 10/12/2011)

THT journo moves NIC against JC (ht 10/12/2011)

Press Freedom: Pledge And Practice, by P. Kharel (rn 05/12/2011)

Massive Divides In Media, by P. Kharel (rn 21/11/2011)

A change of lens: The media can do a better job representing the diversity of our cultures and religions, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 27/09/2011)

Media academy to be established (ht 13/09/2011)

Newspaper office attacked and ransacked (nn 04/09/2011), Naya Patrika office attacked (ht 05/09/2011)

Media & public agenda, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 31/08/2011)

Old weapons, investigative journalism and the fourth estate: Coming under purview, by Rupesh Marasini (ht 27/08/2011)

Media Targets - Soft Or Fair?, by P. Kharel (rn 15/08/2011), Editors call for media’s security (kp 15/08/2011), Media close ranks against attacks on press freedom (kp 16/08/2011)

Basnet threatens to shut Nagarik, jail editor Wagle (rep 14/08/2011)

The new voices in Nepal: Social media 2011, by Jiggy Gaton (rep 12/08/2011)

Once upon a time in Biratnagar, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 08/08/2011)

Singha Durbar no-go for journos (kp 22/07/2011) [???]

Media Under Attack, Narayan Upadhyay (rn 03/07/2011)

Press freedom at risk: FNJ prez; To seek United Nations help as last resort (kp 24/06/2011)

Post-textual journalism, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 22/06/2011)

Media and Politics: In A Collapsing State, by Yubaraj Ghimire (sp 17/06/2011)

Corrections & rebuttals, by Binod Bhattarai (rep 16/06/2011)

Issue: State Support For All Media, by P. Kharel (rn 06/06/2011)

Social media: Just a communication tool, by Ujjwal Acharya (rep 05/06/2011)

Some stories that 'stood out', by Binod Bhattarai (rep 02/06/2011), Column that 'stood out', by Jiwendra Simkhada (rep 05/06/2011)

Media, RTI And Anti-Corruption, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 28/05/2011)

Media Freedom And Good Governance, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 07/05/2011), No Right To Know?, by P. Kharel (rn 09/05/2011)

The crumbling Fourth Estate: The state must do more to protect press freedom in Nepal, by Meera Amatya (kp 04/05/2011)

The News Stories That Never Were, by P. Kharel (rn 02/05/2011)

Get the facts straight: When a story turns out to be false, is it only the media's fault?, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 29/04/2011)

The great divide: Nepal's academia-media synergy remains poor. Both sides are to blame, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 18/04/2011)

Fact and fiction: One can never be sure where the facts end and the figment of a Nepali journalist’s imagination begins, by Deepak Thapa (kp 14/04/2011)

Khanal’s Resignation Controversy: Media’s Power And Responsibility, by Vijaya Chalise (rn 07/04/2011)

Maoist conflict: Factional war killing Maoist media, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 27/03/2011)

RSS turns a ripe 50 (kp 20/02/2011), Media Speak In Contents, by P. Kharel (rn 21/02/2011), 50 Years Of RSS Service: The Challenges Ahead, by Somnath Lamichhane (rn 25/02/2011)

Media & percepts, by Dharma Adhikari (rep 16/02/2011)

Recording a conflict: We’ve too easily concluded that Nepali media’s conflict reporting has been unproblematic and objective, by Yadab Bastola (kp 11/01/2011)

Trial by media, by Binod Bhattarai (rep 04/01/2011)

Minister Pokharel has an axe to grind against media, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/01/2011), Media under threat throughout past year (ht 02/01/2011)

Women cry for media attention (kp 27/12/2010), Unheard voices: Nepal’s media rarely presents women politicians as news sources or experts in their field, by Maina Dhital (kp 30/12/2010)

Imagine no secrets: I wonder if you can, but WikiLeaks could set off a new age of openness in diplomacy, by Shyam K.C. (kp 27/12/2010)

170 cyber cafes under new law (ht 27/12/2010)

Mobile internet threat to Valley security: Cops (kp 27/12/2010) [??]

Media trends, by Dhruba H. Adhikari (sp 17/12/2010)

Media neglecting development: Experts (ht 16/12/2010)

FNJ seeks non-amendable press freedom (ht 15/12/2010)

Rights defenders decry media reporting (ht 12/12/2010)

Measuring media development, by Binod Bhattarai (rep 02/11/2010)

Probing Political Journalism, by P. Kharel (rn 01/11/2010)

From Darchula to Dharchula: Lack of electricity in the past few weeks has forced Darchula scribes to work from an Indian town, by Rajendra Nath (kp 31/10/2010)

How Media Helps In Peace Building, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 31/10/2010)

Electronic Transactions Act 2008: In its existing form, the Act could be easily used to curb media freedom, by Binod Bhattarai (rep 05/10/2010)

Judge not: It’s not the media’s role to portray the accused as guilty, by Shyam K.C. (kp 04/10/2010)

Is photojournalism in Nepal headed south? (kp 01/10/2010)

Unreported reportages: Huge swathes of society fall in the media blindspot, by C.K. Lal (nt 01/10/2010)

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