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Media and Information Literacy in Nepal: CMR-Nepal’s Approach to Spread MIL to Youths

Media and Information Literacy (MIL) has become increasingly crucial in Nepal, especially in the face of technological advancements and the widespread use of mobile devices and social media. Individuals are inundated with a massive amount of information, leaving very little time for evaluation and discernment. This constant influx of information, known as the infodemic, overwhelms […]

18.06.2023Blog

Interventions to Combat Misinformation in Nepal’s 2022 Elections

Background and Political Context According to the 2021 census, 38 percent of households in Nepal have internet connections, while 52 percent of the population are internet users [1]. A large number of citizens use the internet via mobile phones. There are many citizens who don’t use browsers to access the internet but use social media. […]

20.12.2022Blog

My tryst with the virus: Photojournalist Bikash Karki

On March 24, 2020, a few days after the first coronavirus case was detected, Nepal went into lockdown. Only a day before, I had initiated a discussion at Annapurna Post, where I was the photo editor, on how to continue working in case of lockdown. I was concerned because photojournalism as profession demands work in field. […]

06.05.2021Blog

Funding journalism in digital age

Newspapers are declining and disappearing. With the rise of the internet, the online news providers have mushroomed. The business of Google and Facebook – the sites that link the news but don’t produce or spend on the news – are rising at an astonishing rate. The television and radio – in its form today – […]

07.08.2018Blog

“CMR fellowship laid foundation for my career”

(Sudeep Uprety, who currently works as Research Uptake and Impact Coordinator for Nepal, GAGE Programme, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK, was a CMR-Nepal Research Fellow 2012-13. On CMR-Nepal’s request, he sent us his reflections and experience of the fellowship.) It all started with a random discovery of call for fellowship from CMR-Nepal in the […]

17.11.2017Blog