A discussion program was organized with journalists to bring into perspective recent trends in news reporting and identification of news reporting issues on corruption in Nepal.
Editor of Onlinekhabar.com Shiva Gaunle and editor of Ekagaj.com Hari Bahadur Thapa outlined the issues and trends in reporting in news media in Nepal.
Speaking at the occasion, Gaunle said that the status of online news journalism focused on hard news, where better soft and follow-up had be considered as an in-depth news reporting.
He also identified the weakness of the Nepali journalists. Gaunle said that journalists did not have ‘grip’ over the subject matter and there were challenges among the journalists to separate ‘information’ and ‘news.’
He was of the view that the identifying the news peg and the news angle was utmost important to report news stories, which can be done through regular monitoring of the journalists.
Thapa highlighted the underlying issues in corruption news reporting and emphasized the prerequisites of ‘facts’ in corruption story writing. He pointed out journalists remain away from plain statements that cannot be verified by facts.
At the program, journalists from different news media shared their experiences in corruption news reporting.
