Print Media Coverage on Children's Issues

This report reviews print media coverage of children's issues in Nepal. The report seeks to: determine which children's issues are more frequently published in the print media; identify what are considered priority issues for children by national daily papers; identify issues that have been overlooked but should be advocated; and offer suggestions for print media.

The report is mostly based on newspaper clippings from the first three months of the Nepali calendar which is Baisakh to Ashar 2059 (April 14- July 13, 2002). The following eight national daily newspapers were included in the study:

1. Kantipur (Nepali)
2. Samacharpatra (Nepali)
3. Rajdhani Dainik (Nepali)
4. Gorkhapatra (Nepali)
5. The Kathmandu Post (English)
6. The Himalayan Times (English)
7. Space Time (Nepali)
8. Himalaya Times (Nepali)

The Contents of the Report include:

Chapter I

• Introduction
• Objectives
• Methodology


Chapter II

• Newspaper wise findings
• Kantipur: coverage
• Samachar patra coverage
• Rajdhani dainik:coverage
• Gorkhapatra:coverage
• The Kathmandu Post: coverage
• The Himalayan Times: coverage
• Space Time: coverage
• Himalaya Times: coverage


Chapter III

• Discussion of the findings
• News/articles coveraged by 8 newspapers
• Five most coveraged issues
• Issue wise discussion
• Some overlooked issues


Chapter IV

• Suggestions and recommendations
• Limitations
• Conclusion

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