PROGRAM ENDS! 3:45 pm: Kishor Pradhan, president of BCAP, ended the program by offering gratitude to BNS members and participants for allowing his organization to work as local host.
3:40: Chief editor Buddha Mani Dhakal made a final note, and vote of thanks. Dhakal read the names of the sponsors, who supported the event financially, and thanked them on behalf of BNS. He talked all participants and guests, and assured that BNS will sit down soon to finalize the outcomes of this event.
3:30: Certificates of participation handed to all participants, BCAP, and guests presented in the hall.
3:25: KN Timsina from the Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh (BCAP) presenting his independent analysis of the event.
3:20 pm: The presentation by Khatiwada and Acharya ends
2:15 pm: Tika Acharya and Bhagirath Khatiwada from NH doing their presentation on ‘what BNS should look like’. Bhagirath Khatiwada is one of the contributing editors of BNS. Click here to see their presentation in brief.
1:40 pm : RP Subba says BNS should inject what is right in the society. The roadway ahead is challenging, but there is community supporting BNS.
1:30 pm: RP Subba, one of the contributing editors of BNS, presenting his presentation
1:28 pm: Four young youths, all with great interest and some skills in web design namely Mitra Dhital, Radha Timsina, Leela Nepal, Tanka have been officially recognized as the newest reporters at BNS. All of them are based in Pittsburgh, PA.
1:06 pm : The lunch break ! Will resume from 1:25 pm.
12: 50 pm: TP Mishra moderated the panel discussion on future strategies of BNS.
10:34 am: Experienced some technical problems. The group discussions for determining future strategies have just begin. There are three groups.
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3:50pm: The program ends for today. We will resume tomorrow at 9am.
3:25pm: Question-answer session: Isabel is answering questions from the floor.
3:00pm: Lonnie Isabel, Associate Professor, Director of International Reporting Program at the City University of New York is doing his presentation on ‘role of ethnic media in diaspora/US. There are about 270 ethnic media outlets in the USA, according to Isabel. He is exploring the success stories of some of the ethnic media outlets in the United States. Lonnie suggests that BNS should try to sustain both as a non-profit and for-profit.
2:58pm: Rizal’s presentation ends
2:25pm: We are back from lunch. Padam Rizal, one of the regular contributors, is walking the participants & guests through ‘community view of BNS’. Rizal had carried out an independent survey with a set of questionnaire that seeks to explore how the readers of our webpage, www.bhutannewsservice.com, feel.
1:40pm: The presentation ‘walking through BNS’ ends. Now lunch time. We will be back after lunch time.
1:07pm: The presentation ‘walking through BNS’ continues
12:30pm: Presentation ‘walking through BNS—its history, activities’ by Buddha Mani Dhakal, Vidhya Mishra and Tri-Bikram Adhikari kicks off. The presentation is all about how we started our journey in exiled journalism, the challenges surfacing our activities for the continued existence of media hub in exile.
12:29pm: Introduction session ends
12:23pm: Buddha Dhakal, Vidhyapati Mishra, Puspa Adhikari, Tilak Niroula, Tribikram Adhikari, Bhakta Ghimire, Tek Mishra, Hari Dahal, RN Pokhrel and TP Mishra from BNS participated in this the program
12:17pm: Introduction session continues
12:15pm: Lisa’s presentation ends.
11:55am: Lisa’s presentation continues. She is answering the questions both from the participants and BNS chief editor.
11:39am: Lisa Napoli, author of the Radio Shangri-La, is talking via Skype from Los Angeles on the state of media in Bhutan and sharing her first hand experiences working with Kuzoo FM.
“When I first got there (Bhutan), there were very few person working in the journalism sector.”
You’re really doing well at the BNS, says Lisa.
11:35am: Introduction session started–had to stop it, as one of our facilitators, Lisa Napoli, was running out of time, and she is doing a presentation.
11:00am: Formal program kicks off. Buddha Mani Dhakal, chief editor of BNS, welcoming 
participants and guests. He is also presenting the objectives of the event.
10:55am: Guests and participants taking breakfast. Two of our contributing editors, RP Subba & Bhagirath Khatiwada are here in the program, as well. Formal program will kick off shortly.
10:33 am: The guests and participants are being registered.
8:15am: All most all US-based BNS team members have arrived Pittsburgh. All preparations have been done. LIVE BLOGGING will continue at 10:30am
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