Making Nepali media child friendly

Newsrooms must uphold strong editorial practices that promote children’s issues.

Nepal’s media landscape has evolved significantly, offering diverse channels for news, opinions and perspectives, but children’s concerns remain in the shadows. Media gatekeepers typically categorise children’s issues as “soft news”, relegating their voices and opinions to the “less newsworthy” realms of art, entertainment and literature. Unfortunately, even these child-focused news spaces have dwindled post-Covid as the Nepali media grapples with economic challenges, leading to the discontinuation of children’s news digests and columns.