| Corruption is being a big problem in the world. Mostly, developing and least developed countries are suffering badly from corruption. Nepal is facing the same problem from very first of its history. Despite various steps taken by governmental and non-governmental organization, we are yet to get rid from corruption. Therefore, we Nepalese people are being poorer and poorer year by year.
A free and independent media is one of the principal vehicles for informing the public corrupt activity. By investigating and reporting on corruption, the media provides an important counterpoint to the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, shedding light on the wrongdoing of public post holders and corporate executive alike .As such; it significantly contributes to the basis of knowledge with which citizens can hold public and private institutions to account.
A functioning, independent media is also related to effective civil society action against corruption. The impact of civil society action against corruption. The impact of civil society is dependent not only on reliable information, but also on the existence of means to disseminate its opinions and raise issues on public concern. Moreover, the media has the editorial capacity to promote anticorruption positions of civil society groups. The media is, however, vulnerable to attempt to curb its effectiveness in countering corruption.
In Nepali context inadequate newsroom budgets can result in a less ominous, through equally significant obstacle to fulfillment of the media's anticorruption functions. A lack of financial and human resources has a twofold effect on the ability of the media to produce high quality material. Firstly, it minimizes the possibility of conducting the extended research and investigation required for professional coverage.
Secondly, it means that journalists frequently do not receive adequate on the-job training, particularly in the specialized skills required for successful investigative journalism .At an even more basic level, however, poor journalistic and editorial practice resulting in factual errors or politically slanted coverage can have a profound impact on perceptions of the media's integrity.
Combat corruption the role of media is regarded as the most powerful one. Since media is all information, with information there is knowledge and power to control corruption. Media can simultaneously address the three strategic components of anti-corruption drives, namely preventing, analyzing and writing corruption. Through, regarding investigative reporting the media can expose prevailing and potential areas of corruption, help shape public opinion against corruption, call public attention, and by the process of naming and shaming, can even enforce a kind of social sanction on the culprits. As sunlight is regarded as the disinfectant, publicity has similar effect on curbing the crime of corruption. JGAC is dedicated to reduce corruption through awareness building and information dissemination.
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