Ujjwal Acharya

Blogs, by Ujjwal Acharya

Most of these blogs are here for archival purpose that I have written from 2004. These days, I prefer to write my occasional blogs at Medium page.

  • Lumbini: The Birthplace of Buddha

    An attempt to create a visual timeline!

  • Unethical Misinterpretation by Rajdhani

    On Wednesday, Dec 19, Rajdhani national daily newspaper published a front-page photo of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and Chief Justice Khilraj Regmi. The five-column photo shows Regmi standing while PM seems to be bowing to CJ with his hands joined together. The captain says: “Need Support Your Honor: Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai who is…

  • The Everest Story

    The story of how Twitter users from Nepal found out a misidentification of Mt Everest by NASA in a picture that went viral on web and helped in correction of error.

  • #NetFreedom: Deception in the air

    (to mark the International Human Rights Day) How you feel if someone says: “Eat as much as you can (before the food is ready)” and when the food is ready, you are told: “That’s enough: you are eating too much.” That’s exactly what is happening with our rights to freedom of expression and opinion! Citizens…

  • Content Curation: Making Sense of Flooding Information

    (This is third installment of reading materials I distributed to journalists during training on social media for journalists. Find the first and second.) A content curation to define content curation! This is an introduction to the concept of content curation. This post is a content curation itself as all the contents of the site have…

  • 10 Golden Rules of Tweets & Retweets

    (Second installment of the reading material I distributed in training for journalists – first is here.) These rules are collected, summarized and synthesized from everywhere in the Internet (and blended with my experience, knowledge and opinion). 1. Tweet regularly – do not flood the timeline but do not disappear. 2. Tweet meaningful – ensure that…

  • Observations from #SocialMedia trainings

    In October and November 2012, I travelled five places to train journalists in use of social media. The training was organized by Equal Access Nepal and funded by UNDP in partnership with the Government of Japan and UNESCO. The five training venues were: Biratnagar (east Nepal), Balthali, Kavre (central), Pokhara (west), Dhangadhi (far-west) and Nepalgunj…

  • How can journalists use social media?

    (In October/November, 2012, I traveled around the country to train journalists on use of social media. The training, held by Equal Access Nepal and funded by UNDP’s project, was held in Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Dhangadhi & now I am in Nepalgunj. Each training lasted two days and included around 30 journalists. Here is one of…

  • How Can Social Media Respond to Crisis?

    Free the WiFi of passwords Tweet / Update Status as much as you can Use the Same #Hashtag Offer Help Be Positive On Saturday, my wife flew to Mumbai and as soon as I returned home seeing her off, I came to knew that Bal Thackeray has passed away. I knew something will be wrong…

  • #SitaAir #KtmCrash kills 19

    Sita Air dronier crashed on Friday morning killing 19 onboard. Here is how the story unfolded in Social Media. Early morning Friday, I received a call from Somesh Verma, Kantipur Television’s journalist, asking to walk up my roof and see what has happened around Tribhuvan International Airport. “Looks like a big fire,” he said and…