KATHMANDU, March 18: The Media Gufa 2015 is going to be kicked off in Suga Village, Mahottari from March 21-24 with seven journalists from Baitadi, Gulmi, Dolakha, Mahottari, Parsa, and Kathmandu confining themselves in a symbolic cave to take up the reporting and writing challenge only using internet.
The media event, which is sixth in the series, is the rural edition of Gufa. The event, which is held twice every year, was first conducted in September 2012. It is an experiential reporting event for journalists who are peer-nominated taking up the reporting and writing challenge in seclusion.
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During the event, participants will perform door-to-door reporting in an effort to regain human touch in storytelling. This rural Gufa will also feature two prominent atithi speakers from the region.
Participants will also report on topics suggested by the villagers through direct discussions with them. They will further deliberate on the suggested story ideas and prioritize and score them in terms of news values. The stories are then assigned to individual participating journalists through lot drawing.
