My presentation at the Interaction on Freedom of Expression and Internet organized by Digital Media Committee at Federation of Nepali Journalists and Internet Society Nepal.

1. 11.08.2012
Kathmandu
JOURNALISTS &
INTERNET
Ujjwal Acharya, Chair, Digital Media Committee @ Federation of Nepali
Journalists

2. INTERNET USERS IN
NEPAL

3. INTERNET USERS IN
NEPAL
Year Fixed Mobile Total Penetration
2010 109,420 925,962 1,035,382 3.69 %
2011 126,615 2,985,243 3,111,858 10.89 %
2012 151,078 4,716,176 4,867,254 18.28 %
Nepal Telecommunication Authority

4. THE SURVEY
• FNJ conducted a survey
supported by Internews
to assess the situation of
journalists' usage of
Internet.
• 1,079 respondents from
71 districts analyzed for
report.
• 45.3 % of respondents
between 20-29 years old;
35.2 % are 30-39 years

5. MAJOR FINDINGS
FNJ Social Media Survey 2012

6. THEY'RE ONLINE
• 87.6 % journalists use internet daily.
• 80.5 % Internet using journalists access it at office.
• 51.3 % Internet using journalists access it at home.
• 12.6 % of them also access Internet on mobile devices.
• 45.4 % of respondents try to be online whenever
possible.

7. FACEHOOKED
• 70 % journalists use Facebook
• Facebook is second biggest online source of
information
• 50 % journalists use Twitter
• 50 % journalists use YouTube
• 40 % journalists use LinkedIn

8. professional work to communicate
(71%) & seek/exchange information
(65.2%). SOCIAL MEDIA?
WHY
About 37% use it for research. For
28%, it's a tool of verification
information.
More than one-third use if for new ideas
& professional development.
18% use social media to publish &
distribute contents online.

9. IS IT IMPORTANT?
CMR-Nepal 2012

10. IMPORTANCE
• 74.2 % journalists perceive social media as very
important tool to reach audience
• 90 % journalists think it is important for professional
capacity development

11. SO HOW
SHOULD FNJ
MOVE
FORWARD?
Discussion