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#HerClimateStory: Orientation Workshop for 12 Female Journalist on Climate Change Reporting

The Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR–Nepal), with support from Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Norway launched the #HerClimateStory Climate Change Reporting Fellowship 2025 with an orientation workshop in Kathmandu. The fellowship began with 12 women journalists from across Nepal participating in a four-day residential orientation workshop in Kathmandu (December 26–29, 2025). Eight of the […]

30.12.2025News & Actitivies, Uncategorized

Navin Khatiwada Elected Chair at CMR-Nepal’s 13th AGM

The 13th Annual General Assembly of the Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) unanimously elected a new Executive Committee for the next two years. Navin Khatiwada will chair the Committee, which comprises Deputy Chair Shruti Shrestha, Secretary Kanchan Adhikari, Treasurer Himesh Ratna Bajracharya, and Members Sunita Karki, Aneeta Shah, and Durga Khanal. The new […]

06.12.2025Uncategorized

State continues attempt to tighten grips on online media

The government’s attempt to tighten control around online media suffered a setback with the Supreme Court’s interim order but two notices issued within six days by the state agency show they are not backing. The latest notices by the Department of Information and Broadcasting are examples of the state’s intention to control online media. Use […]

07.08.2021Uncategorized

Summary of the findings of the Nepal Twitter Users Survey 2017 released

The Center for Media Research – Nepal published the Nepal Twitter Users Survey 2017: Summary of the Findings. The survey, conducted in December 2017 among 865 respondents, is the continuation of the similar survey conducted in 2013 and 2015. The survey is on three broad areas: 1. demographics of Nepali Twitter users, 2. Twitter users’ […]

02.04.2018Uncategorized

Open Discussion on “Social Media, Youth and Political Participation”

Center for Media Research Nepal (CMR-Nepal),, with support from FES-Nepal, organized a discussion program on Social Media, Youth and Political Participation on 29th October, 2017 in Lalitpur. The discussion program aimed to explore and identify issues and trends of youth using social media for political participation. It also aimed to exchange experiences of social media […]

07.11.2017Uncategorized

Consolidating democracy in Nepal through transparent campaign finance

Nepal’s democracy has struggled to deliver since its 2006 People’s Movement, which ended the decade long civil war and established Nepal as a republic. Plagued by corruption, nepotism, and an inability to execute basic duties of governance, the country’s leading political parties have often found themselves in a crisis of public trust that has strengthened […]

23.02.2016Uncategorized

Nepal Twitter Users Survey report published

The Center for Media Research – Nepal has published the Nepal Twitter Users Survey 2015: Summary of the Findings. The survey, conducted in January 2015 among 625 respondents, is the continuation of the similar survey conducted in 2013. The survey is on three broad areas: 1. demographics of Nepali Twitter users, 2. Twitter users’ opinions […]

24.12.2015Uncategorized

CMR Chair Pathak Receives NED Fellowship

Tilak Pathak, the chairman of the Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal), has received the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Program 2015-16 offered by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Pathak will spend 5 months (October 2015 to February 2016) in Washington, DC, USA working on a project “Promoting Financial Transparency within Political Parties in Nepal“. […]

29.09.2015Uncategorized

CMR joins GFMD, EJN & Web We Want

The Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) has joined the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) and the Web We Want as a member. CMR is an associated member of the GFMD. The GFMD is an international membership network of media assistance groups that highlights the importance of independent, […]

28.09.2015Uncategorized

CMR Marks #IMED2015

The CMR-Nepal organized a discussion program to mark the Int’l Media Ethics Day at its office. The CMR-Nepal has been marking the day for last 4 years with the Center for Int’l Media Ethics (CIME). Chairman Tilak Pathak led the discussion with a talk on ‘self-censorship and the limitations of freedom of expression in Nepali […]

25.09.2015Uncategorized

Nepal Twitter Users Survey 2015 launched

The Center for Media Research – Nepal launched the 2nd editor of the biannual Nepal Twitter Users Survey on December 25, 2014. The Twitter Users Survey 2015, will build on the survey conducted in 2013, to find out the use of Twitter in Nepal. The survey consists of 20 questions. Do feel free to spend […]

04.01.2015Uncategorized

Media Research Fellowship Program Closed

The Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) has decided to close its fellowship program. The program was initiated in 2013 with an aim to fulfil one of CMR-Nepal’s core objectives to conduct, support and promote researches on various aspects of media. In two years of operation, the program granted fellowships to nine researchers in two categories: the CMR-Nepal […]

30.12.2014Uncategorized