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Nepal’s Media Landscape Faces a ‘Watershed Moment’
October 4, 2024 12:40 pm
KATHMANDU, NEPAL, Oct 4: Four years after a pandemic upended Nepal’s media sector and eliminated more than two-thirds of the print, radio and television jobs in the country, work for journalists remains scarce. Salary cuts for many people haven’t been restored — some journalists are even fighting in court to get the pay they’re owed. On top of that, government pressure that intensified during the pandemic is only growing stronger.
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