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MOBILE REVOLUTION IN NEPAL, A Survey on Youths of Kathmandu

INVITATION: I will be presenting my research- “MOBILE REVOLUTION IN NEPAL, A Survey on Youths of Kathmandu” tomorrow at Martin Chautari. If you are in Kathmandu and available, plz join!!! See you there.

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iPad Books Will Reshape Multimedia

Finally, my iPad book, Living With Autism, a multi-touch book has been published on iTunes. The iPad, for me, is a good platform to tell multimedia stories. But I faced many challenges publishing from Nepal. For seven years as a … Continue reading

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Youth Unemployment a Global Crisis

By Rajneesh Bhandari As I am reporting the ILO’s first ever Youth Employment Forum at their headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland, the statistics released on youth unemployment is quite shocking. The reported titled “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012” was released … Continue reading

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Silent sufferers

My story ‘Silent sufferers’ published in The Kathmandu Post on Saturday, March 31, 2012. Here is a link to the pdf version: http://epaper.ekantipur.com/ktpost/showtext.aspx?boxid=14312234&parentid=16742&issuedate=3132012 and for web version: http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/03/31/saturday-features/silent-sufferers/351523.html Four-year-old Binu Dangol enters the room with her mother and father, dressed … Continue reading

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Should mobile phones be the primary reporting tool in a converged newsroom?

Certainly it’s the mobile phone that I believe will do more wonders as a reporting tool in a converged newsroom. With the latest I-phones and android phones mobiles are already doing wonders in the newsroom. According to Nepal Telecommunication Authority … Continue reading

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Why Citizen Journalism?

OhMyNews says, “every citizen is a reporter”. This site, established in 2000, runs by the content generated from South Koreans and citizens of other nations and only 20 percent of the content comes from its employed staff. Citizen journalism has … Continue reading

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How can social networking and social media best work with converged media?

Converged media in Nepal are using social media to engage with audience. Ekantipur.com, nagariknews.com, thehimalayantimes.com are using social media to engage with their readers/viewers. They post news story and articles on facebook and tweet on twitter. So how many fans … Continue reading

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The best tools I have encountered for doing journalism

Considering the ratio at which the developmental activities as well as political scenario is shaping up in Nepal in the recent time the advancement made in the sector of information technology is rather praiseworthy. This very leap in the sector … Continue reading

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Successful convergence news operations in Nepal

Converged media in Nepal are getting faster, popular and stronger. Following things have improved in the past few years in the converged news operation in Nepal. 1. Speed: News are updated as soon as the important events happen in the … Continue reading

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What could be the way out for televisions during the power cut?

Last updated on Jan 26, 2012. Last year, Kantipur Television introduced lantern bulletin to highlight powercut in the country. Though the aim was to pressurize the government, power cut hasn’t decreased in Nepal. Instead it is increasing. (Here is a … Continue reading

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