Thursday, September 5, 2019

Gorkhapatra tops in publishing female byline stories


Kathmandu, Aug 27
A recent study of Freedom Forum has shown that the presence of women has gradually increased in the media industry.

It said that in comparison to last year, the number of byline and content mentioning women has increased.

From 2019 April to June, Gorkhapatra daily has published the highest number of news stories with female byline.

 About 17 news stories with female byline were published during that period. Among the online media outlets, Setopati has topped all in terms of women written news publication.

Most of the female journalists are writing on women and social issues. In six months’ period, of the monitored 666 bylines, 13 per cent were of female and 87 per cent were of male.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 28 August 2019. 

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