Harsha Man Maharjan -
Can audience be a part of media accountability in Nepal? I think so. This role of audience is possible more in the digital than in the print world.
Media accountability systems are the mechanisms to make journalists accountable to the public by pointing out mistakes and malpractices. According to Claude -Jean Bertrand, it covers various mechanisms such as code of ethics, letters to the editor, press councils, and media literacy programmes.
Popular mechanism
In the print world, one of the popular mechanisms is letter to the editor. In this forum, people often share their thoughts regarding news items or the activities they have noticed in the society that they want to bring to public attention. Read Harsha Man Maharjan's full article in The Rising Nepal
