Journalism.Academy Newsletter V

Namaskar!

Welcome to May 2023 edition of the our monthly newsletter.

1. Call for Applications for Podcasting: We have opened call for applications for two Podcasting courses to be held in July - September and September - November, 2023. We will select 12 participants for each training. The first training will be conducted by Interlink Academy trainer Brigitte Hagedorn in English while the second training will be conducted by Journalism Academy's trainers supervised by Ms. Hagedorn in Nepali language. If you are interested, you can apply here.

2. Data Journalism Course concludes: The first course on Data Driven Journalism concluded April 11, 2023. Eleven journalists from various media houses of Nepal completed the 6+6+6 format training (if you want to know more about our 6+6+6 training structure, go here) while a participant from the group will complete it with second batch. We are all set to bring second batch of Data Driven Journalism later this month.

In other news

On April 11, 2023, CMR-Nepal organized an academic discourse titled “Media Law Reform in Nepal” in Kathmandu with the aim of providing recommendations to the Mass Communication Sector Suggestion Reform Committee, responsible for reviewing new media laws in Nepal. More info here.

Our Operations Director Bikash Karki and trainer Shruti Shrestha were chief judge and jury member respectively for the 3rd Nepalgunj Photo Festival held on April 21-22, 2023 in Nepalgunj, Lumbini Province. 115 photos were exhibited during the festival where winners in 8 categories were awarded.

Our trainer Nasana Bajracharya conducted one-day mobile journalism training to 22 journalists at Dhulikhel, Kavre organized by FONIJ (Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Journalists) on April 8, 2023.

Our trainers Ujjwal Acharya and?Umesh Shrestha?conducted a five-day data journalism training to 22 journalists organized by the Office of the Communication Registrar, Bagmati Province in Dhulikhel, Kavre from April 25-29, 2023.

CMR Nepal Journalism Academy is a joint initiative of CMR-Nepal and?Interlink Academy, Germany?supported by Germany's Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. Please follow us on?Facebook?and?Twitter?for updates.