The history of mass media in Nepal is not so long. It first started with hand press in 1851 for the purpose of printing government document and stamp. Publication of “Sudha Sagar” a monthly magazine published in 1891 is the beginning of Nepali journalism. After twelve years of its, a weekly newspaper “Gorkhapatra” came into being started in 1901 and converted into daily newspaper since 1960. First state owned printing Media Corporation named “Gorkhapatra Corporation” established in 1964 and published English daily “The Rising Nepal” in 1965. Since then, numerous newspapers and magazines were gradually published one after another. According to the registration in 2001/02, there are 1620 daily, weekly and fortnightly; 127 monthly and 12 other newspapers and magazines have been being published. Among them, hardly one dozen publications are edited by women. …….
Full Article: Women in Media in Nepal-2003