‘We direly need media houses unaffiliated to business groups’

Rojita Adhikari, who has been doing grassroots reporting for national and international media outlets like The Guardian, Aljazeera, CNN, and Nepali Times, has become a well-known name in Nepal’s independent journalism scene.

Last month, Al Jazeera 101 East's ‘ The Widows of Everest ’ won the bronze medal at the New York Festivals TV and Film Awards. The documentary, which highlighted the challenges faced by widows of mountaineers from the Khumbu region in Nepal, was co-directed by Rojita Adhikari , a Nepal-based independent journalist. On May 11, the documentary got nominated for the Women’s Solutions Reporting Award at One World Media.