NIMJN took its artificial intelligence training to Kapilvastu in early June, equipping local journalists with tools for research, verification and ethical investigative reporting.

Journalists in Nepal's Kapilvastu district completed artificial intelligence training this month, learning to use AI tools responsibly and identify AI-generated content amid growing concerns about misinformation in the country's media.

The Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network (NIMJN) held two sessions, a one-day workshop June 6 in Chandrouta and a three-day program June 6-8 in Gorusinghe, facilitated by NIMJN trainers Rajneesh Bhandari and Shuphal Kafle. Both programs were organized by the Federation of Nepali Journalists' Kapilvastu chapter, with technical support from NIMJN. 

For Narayan Prasad Paudel, a journalist with four decades of experience, the sessions arrived at a critical moment.

"This training was well-timed, necessary, and highly important," he said. "It has leveled up our capacity to use modern tools and technologies with ethical reporting skills in the AI era."

Participant Janu Pandey was more direct: "Previously, AI was driving us. But now we have become well-equipped to drive AI."

NIMJN is a journalist-founded nonprofit that provides training in data journalism, investigative reporting, multimedia storytelling and other specializations, along with fellowships for story production.