The Daily IIJ

A Weblog by the International Institute for Journalism of InWEnt

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Nepali businessmen to invest on international 3-D documentary

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Leading business persons in Nepal are to invest as much as $4.5 million in a mega project of making a documentary entitled ´Return to Everest´, which they believe will greatly support Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 campaign.

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Nepal’s Case of Chronic Energy Crisis

January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

The closing touch of the year 2009 has given some hope for Nepal’s hydropower in terms of foreign investment and extension of the 400 KV Dhalkebar-Mujaffarpur cross border transmission line. If the deal with foreign parties goes positively, 2010 will be the year of implementation of hydropower plans and programs. The company under the Chinese [...]

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Giving voice for the voiceless

August 19th, 2009 · No Comments

There is still a newspaper in Germany which is sustaining being reverse of the market economy. Most of the newspapers today which have good name and fame are filled with advertisements. But the Tageszeitung, daily newspaper in German language, commonly known as Taz is an example of alternative journalism in Germany and advertisement content covers [...]

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Doing Economic Journalism without economists

August 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A unique German monthly magazine called “brand eins” has established a unique ethical code of conduct. Its editors and reporters don’t accept any gift in the press conferences; they don’t accept free travel by organizers and publish only a limited number of advertisement. They even don’t enjoy the press discount in airtravel or concession in [...]

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Tags: Economic Reporting · Media Ethics