Development Journalsim

The term “development journalism” is used to refer to two different types of journalism. The first is a new school of journalism which began to appear in the 1960s. The idea behind this type of development journalism is similar to investigative reporting, but it focuses on conditions in developing nations and ways to improve them. The other type of development journalism involves heavy influence from the government of the nation involved. While this type of development journalism can be a powerful tool for local education and empowerment, it can also be a means of suppressing information and restricting journalists.

While Laxman Datt Pant, the speaker of the talk on Development journalism in Martin Chautari held on 28^th may,09, claimed Nepal doesn’t still have a proper development Journalism in Practice. E claimed that journalism it self wasn’t taken as a serious profession as people from other professions can easily change into journalism. While this have created problem among the journalism as they cant change their profession to others. It also questions the possibility of getting better job for the student of journalism.

The first type of development journalism attempts to document the conditions within a country so that the larger world can understand them. Journalists are encouraged to travel to remote areas, interact with the citizens of the country, and report back. This type of development journalism also looks at proposed government projects to improve conditions in the country, and analyzes whether or not they will be effective. Ultimately, the journalist may come up with proposed solutions and actions in the piece, suggesting ways in which they might be implemented. Often, this type of development journalism encourages a cooperative effort between citizens of the nation and the outside world.

As a tool for social justice, development journalism can be very valuable. By speaking for those who cannot, a development journalist can inform the rest of the world about important issues within developing nations. Looking at the strengths and weaknesses of a country may also help identify ways in which the nation can be helped. This style of development journalism is a tool for empowerment.

Though Development journalism is a very progressive and effective practice, it hasn’t been practiced properly in developing countries.

Lack of persuasion and fallow up has in fact caused the investment in Development in journalism go in vain. Journalists have become conscious, but the industries are not conscious about it which has made it unfavorable for the journalist to act accordingly.

The journalists aren’t able to reply or question back to the government when they question to the journalist. Journalism practice isn’t applied, because we can’t criticize. They can’t criticize in the next level of the issue because they aren’t prepared for that. The task of Journalism is to decrease issues by enforcing better solutions, but the same issues have been only reported and not investigated resulting to its repetition. Though we have a educated mass, they aren’t well informed. Press council doesn’t self check the violation of the rules and ethics by journalist or media, but prefer for the public to bring in complains to act.

Thus, the need of investigative development journalism for the development of nation was discussed that day.

Government & journalism with feminism and change

Yo Radio Nepal Ho!(A Tour visit)

We were standing in the recording studio were almost all the songs we have heard from Narayan Gopal were recorded. It was where he had spent his big part of life that he dedicated for Nepali music. It was from where the whole Nepal could here us. It was an honor for us to be there. We even got to speak in and use the recoding devices and musical instruments. It was one radio station that was more advanced then any of the Indian stations and that was by the donations and help from foreign nation. We visited its historic library that had kinds of cassettes that we had never seen. We saw three different recording studios in different location one for general recording, one for live programs and one for the stage programs. It was a great experience to be there and at the end when we were coming back in contrary to what we usually here in radio Nepal “Yo radio Nepal ho”, I turned back and said to my friend “Oh! So yoo! Radio Nepal ho.”

Arts! the last,option (Educational Book Fair 2009)

United Academy, united college, Princeton international school , middle point travels, new millennium high school, Shikhar boarding school, Pacific academy, covenant academy were the names I read on the body of buses parked on the ground of Bhrikuti mandav exhibition hall on May 21, 2009, the 6^th day of the “13^th Nepal Education and Book Fair 2009”.  With so many college participation, the grandness of the event was visible. With different schools and colleges, consultancies also participating in the event, it was certain that the event would have a strong impact at list among the students who had participated in the event.

 

As the event was claimed as a book fair and education exhibition, I decided to analyze the event as on what impact the event would have on the student. Being more specific I decided to analyze what effect would it have on the student who wanted to study arts in future. As I myself dint have arts as in my options when I completed my SLC as it wasn’t considered good enough. So, I tried to analyze if it had changed or if the event could change it for the students.

 

As I went on scanning the educational stalls, I came across may of them. The first one was a foreign educational consultancy, Liberty Educational Consultancy which offered educational destinations such as US, India and INDO-world. Others foreign consultancies were Eminent Educational Institute, Dynamic Universe, Iskcon(Nepal). These boards mentioned BA programs in their board, but when asked about they could brief about the colleges only. 

The educational stalls that offered arts were Himalayan Info, Maya Animation Academy Informatics \College. These institutes offered only technical courses and not a bachelors or some academic course.

 

The largest stalls belonged to +2 colleges such as Goldengate International Collage. The college offered +2 in science, management and humanities, BSc,MSc and also BA. While it had a lot of work exhibition exposed in Different stalls, from mini hydro to vacume made flying carper. When I asked if the college offered BA also the information desk said they had and gave me some brochure that had list of courses offered and short brief about them.

Was it because the colleges that offered arts couldn’t effort to buy stalls, or were the students interested in arts not expected in the event. Or was it the effect of capitalism in the field of education, stalls for the students of arts wasn’t present there.

The technical courses that were offered might have impacted that arts had gone even more commercialized and not as a field of study.

Overall the event still claimed that arts was the last option or dint even consider it as a field of study claiming the students with their potential in arts will still be divorted to different fields not even getting to know their skills this field.