Articles

• A tricky social media polarisation is emerging in Nepal. How will the government handle it? For a government benefiting from digital populism, navigating social media challenges will be tough, by Mahesh Kushwaha (kp 06/04/2026)

• Tax contributors cut off from govt advertisements? (rep 05/04/2026)

• From palace gossip to Gen Z protest report leak, Jana Aastha lays it bare : Following the leak of the report on protest inquiry, government has decided to ‘release’ it, by Daya Dudraj (kp 27/03/2026)

• Journalists Under Attack, by Sushana Tamrakar (rn 24/03/2026)

• Social Media And Elections, by Deeptishree Subedi (rn 15/03/2026)

• Social media and election campaigns : The code of conduct’s ability to address the rapid evolution of digital campaigning remains uncertain, by Dipti Sapkota (kp 26/02/2026)

• How Facebook’s algorithm is amplifying one party over all others : An analysis of two dozen prominent Facebook pages shows the RSP appears in 54 percent of political posts—nine times those of Nepali Congress—often with AI-generated images, by Daya Dudraj (kp 23/02/2026)

• How social media use is changing election outreach : Growing influence of social media on voter decision is a global phenomenon, and Nepal isn’t untouched: Experts, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 22/02/2026)

• What Routine of Nepal Banda gets right, and what it gets wrong : RONB, which bills itself as a news media outlet, is perhaps the most widely followed social media page in Nepal today. Why is it so popular—and controversial?, by Daya Dudraj (kp 16/02/2026)

• Nepal’s digital dependency : How much sovereignty can the country actually have over its digital space in an interconnected world?, by Ayusha Chalise (nt 13/02/2026)

• Nepal's Universal Periodic Review: Reforms needed to safeguard media freedom, by Laxman Datt Pant (ht 12/01/2026)

Links

Daily updated link collection (Nepal Research)

Media Action Nepal

Media links (an annotated list of some important Nepali media)

Radio streams from Nepal (a selection, rarely updated!)

Texts

Investigative Journalism in Nepal: Practice and Impact, by Ramjee Dahal. Pragyan 4:1,118-131 (2023)

Kathmandu-centric Dateline of Nepali Media, by Shree Ram Paudel. Pragyan 4:1,170-182 (2023)

Documents

Gender Sensitivity in Nepali Media, report by Media Action Nepal, 2022

Nepal Media Survey 2022, by Sharecaste Initiative Nepal, June 2022

Media in Nepal : Safety of Journalists, Sustainability and Gender Inclusiveness, report by Media Action Nepal, 2021

Misleading News in Media : A study of newspapers and online news portals of Nepal, report by Media Action Nepal, 2021

Code of Conduct : Improving conflict sensitive reporting & journalist safety in South Asia, report by Media Action Nepal, 2021

Presentations

Media (introduction)

Videos

Charges against Nepal journalists (2:00)