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Dharma Adhikari

The contributor for Republica.
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That picture story

Published On: June 5, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Do intellectual property principles or fair use policies only apply to Western creators and producers? It is hard to believe AFP and Getty Images can be so negligent about their professional ethics

Whose Media Council?

Published On: May 22, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Drop the draft bill, don’t even consider revising it. Rather, force the media community to form their own independent press standards mechanism. Let them call it whatever name they choose

Our virtual underbelly

Published On: July 4, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Most alarming and disturbing were videos that featured khukuri-wielding youths threatening to behead Shrestha

Routines galore

Published On: June 20, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

There is little difference among news channels in story selection and display. They differ only in explanation of their decisions

Numbers vs. Stories

Published On: May 23, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Relentless coverage of preliminary vote tallies and leads with a few hundred votes counted was perhaps the most farcical

Plugged in, tuned out

Published On: May 9, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Technology is reconfiguring our way of life, unleashing a cultural revolution that even our most revolutionary politicians couldn’t achieve

Talking digital journalism

Published On: April 11, 2017 03:00 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Online journalists understand media owners’ reluctance to invest. Why do more when the online business is already very profitable?

Persona of news sites

Published On: March 28, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

We are always looking for new internet haunts but during our search we often find online tags that are fragmented, jumbled and confusing

In the service of power

Published On: March 14, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Governmental editorial directives on rising above ideological divides, instead of edifying journalists, end up irritating them

Media slogans

Published On: February 28, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

My interest was piqued when I noticed a number of our local tabloids, as slim as four pages, using the label “national daily”

The weak link

Published On: February 14, 2017 01:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

General media users and audiences are still viewed largely in the nineteenth century mentality filtered through “letters to the editor”

Dear readers

Published On: January 31, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Despite surveys suggesting low trust in social media, audiences engage more with Facebook and Twitter rants than a serious piece of journalism

On Media Writing-III

Published On: January 17, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Our media are at crossroads and absence of timely analyses of trends and developments makes the scene rather chaotic

On Media Writing-II

Published On: January 3, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Our approach to media writing remains largely willy-nilly and depends on hard work of few individuals (or institutions) who love what they do

On media writing

Published On: December 20, 2016 12:25 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Why do I write? Because there is the editorial page. And I write for fun, not for the paltry remuneration

Journalism of ‘Pusti’

Published On: December 5, 2016 11:28 PM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Children today are fish in technological waters. Media education should thus be part of the curricula from primary school level

To an American friend

Published On: November 22, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

A young democracy, Nepal shares some of these defects seen in the US but we lack significant historical wisdom

The way we talk

Published On: November 8, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Never before have we been so vocal and articulate. We have dismantled the old regime via the sheer power of talking defiantly

Muckraking in Nepal

Published On: September 27, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

Editors can inspire, encourage and guide their reporters to do the legwork and write stories behind the events

Art of the conscious

Published On: September 13, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Dharma Adhikari

The fundamental role of the press in our society depends on historical, economic, social and political bases of our culture