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Harsha Subba is in journalism for more than four decades . He represents almost all generations of journalist, that too residing outside capital city Kathmandu, in Nepal namely- air mail generation where journalist used to report sending their news story over postal service to Kathmandu and would require at least fifteen days to get printed story at ones disposal, fax generation where faxed matter used to be printed and email generation or today’s generation. Denizen of Dharan, Subba began his journalism career from Chetana weekly(2038) and eventually was associated to Rastrapukar weekly(2030), Samaj Daily(2038), Janamanch magazine(2040), Deshantar weekly(2044), among others. Arter the restoration of democracy in 2047B.S. , Kantipur Publication emerged in the Nepali media fraternity and Harsha Subba is continually contributing it till date from Dharan. This time Everest Height’s Birat Anupam talks to Subba about his journey in journalism. Excerpts:
1)   Inspiration to involve in: Initially I used to write literary pieces. Later switched to journalist just to get my name and news printed in paper.
2)   Influential story so far: Probably it was of the great earth quack that erupted in Dharan in 2045 B.S. The reporters then were not in significant number. I did exclusive coverage of that calamity. Many local and national media extracted my story for their news source. International news media and agency too cited my story and me at that time, which I feel was satisfactory story I did so far.
3)   Mantra that makes updated: All my colleagues of initial stage in this career have already retired or changed their profession owing to multiple factors. I’m still in this sector as I kept and keep myself up-to-date with latest trend and technology in journalism. For instances, when air mail was replaced by fax and fax by mail, I adopted and used to this technology promptly. Till the time I am physically and mentally capable enough to dig out stories I try to be updated with the latest development in the sector, which I guess must be followed by all in media sector in this competitive and technology era.
4)   Difference in journalism now and then: The time I was just struggling in journalism career, this sector was not mission-oriented. With the development of technology in media mechanism and different beats in media house, investigative journalism is blooming lately. This is encouraging progress in press platform, I believe.
5)   Joy of journalism: It gives pleasure most importantly. If undertaken commercially, includes professionalism too. I suggest to narrow the generation gap in between journalists in order to excel in this sector gaining pointer from seniors and newer issues from starters.
 
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