The Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) organized a two-day orientation workshop on misinformation monitoring for provincial misinformation monitors on February 1 and 2, 2026 in Kathmandu focusing on election-related contents.
The workshop aimed to strengthen provincial-level monitoring efforts that have been ongoing since the 2022 general elections and continue to support CMR Nepal’s research and fact-checking work.
Participants received hands-on training on tracking misinformation across social media platforms and mainstream media, documenting and archiving misleading content, and coordinating as a monitoring team.
The sessions were facilitated by NepalFactCheck editor Umesh Shrestha, assistant fact-check editor Chetana Kunwar, and CMR Nepal Executive Director Tilak Pathak. The workshop was supported by The Asia Foundation.
Facilitators shared practical tools and methodologies for identifying election-related misinformation and emphasized the importance of timely documentation to inform research and fact-checking to build evidence.
CMR Nepal said the training is part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen provincial capacities to monitor and respond to misinformation, particularly during sensitive political periods, and to ensure credible, evidence-based inputs for fact-checking initiatives nationwide.
Provincial misinformation monitors participating in the workshop are: Nishant Dhungana (Koshi), Ajit Tiwari (Madhesh), Pabitra Parajuli, Tekman Shakya, Suraj Ghimire (Bagmati), Santosh Pokharel (Gandaki), Chandra Prakash Khanal (Lumbini) and Labdev Dhami (Sudurpaschim).
