Global Perspectives on Journalism in Nepal

Bhanu Bhakta Acharya is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, and Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada.Shyam Sharma is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at Stony Brook University, USA.

• List of tables Preface Acknowledgments List of contributors 1 Setting the Scene: Perspectives on Nepali News Media in the 21st Century BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA AND SHYAM SHARMAPART IProfessional Perspectives 2 Media Accountability Mechanism: A Case of Press Council of Nepal SHREEMAN SHARMA, BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA, AND SAMIKSHA KOIRALA3 Employing Professional Standards Through Policy Reformation LAXMAN HUMAGAIN AND TULASI ACHARYA4 Diasporic Nepali Online Journalism: A Study of Professionalism and Sustainability BHAGIRATH YOGI AND JAGAN KARKI5 How Do Nepali Newsrooms Endure Digital Transformation?RAMA KRISHNA REGMEEPART IIAcademic Perspectives 6 Framing Diffusion: Nepalese Journalism Education in the 21st Century BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA AND SHYAM SHARMA7 A Critical Overview of Development Communication in Nepal SUJEENA SHAKYA AND PIUS MISHRA8 Impact of COVID-19 on Media and Journalism: A Case of Nepal KUNDAN ARYAL9 Perspectives of Nepali Youths on the Prevention of Disinformation During COVID-19 and Beyond KABI ADHIKARIPART IIISociopolitical Perspectives10 Where Are the Women? Representation of Gender in Nepali Newspapers SAMIKSHA KOIRALA11 Can State-Owned Media Perform Watchdog Functions? A Case of Nepal LEKHANATH PANDEY12 Muckraking Without Tools: Persistence of InvestigativeJournalism in Nepal USHA KIRAN REGMI13 Experiencing the Sustainability Challenges by Nepal’s Local Radio Stations SANDESH DASS SHRESTHAPART IVTechnological Perspectives14 Hope-Driven to Uncertainty-Driven Innovation: Digital Transitions of Newspapers in Nepal HARSHA MAN MAHARJAN15 News Content Sharing on Social Media: A Comparative Study of Nepali and Norwegian Newspapers BIMALA THAPALIYA16 Sustainability of Online News Media in Nepal: Financial Models and Prospects PRABESH SUBEDI17 Social Media: An Innovative Approach of Agricultural Extension Services in Nepal RAM HARI TIMILSINA AND PURNA BAHADUR NEPALI18 Perspectives from the Ground Up SHYAM SHARMA AND BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYAIndex