For three decades, Kantipur Media Group has defined quality journalism in Nepal. To lead it into its next chapter, the organization looked to one of its own: a journalist who left Nepal, rose to the top of international media, and is now coming home.

Kantipur Media Group today named Anup Kaphle its Group Editorial Director, a newly created position and the highest editorial role in the organization’s history. Kaphle will oversee editorial operations across all of Kantipur’s flagship properties — Kantipur Daily, The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur Television, and Kantipur FM Radio — and will report directly to the Managing Director.

Most recently, Kaphle served as Editor-in-Chief of Rest of World, the nonprofit publication covering technology's impact in the Global South and emerging economies. Under his leadership, the newsroom earned the National Magazine Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and Best in Business Awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing — recognition for coverage that redefined how the world understood technology’s reach beyond Silicon Valley. Before Rest of World, he held senior editorial roles at The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News — helping define what digital-first, globally ambitious journalism could look like — and at Roads & Kingdoms, where he championed narrative reporting on food and culture from corners of the world that mainstream media routinely overlooked.

Kaphle has also led a Nepali newsroom before, and the record speaks for itself. As Editor-in-Chief of The Kathmandu Post, he transformed the English-language daily in under two years into one of Nepal's most agenda-setting publications — one that broke major news, published deep and fearless investigations, and never flinched from stories that needed to be told, no matter how powerful the subjects or how loud the objections. And there were objections. Threats followed. Advertisers called, though rarely to say congratulations. Kaphle’s response, each time, was to assign another investigation. His readers noticed, and his newsroom's journalists knew exactly who they were working for.

“Anup is exactly the kind of leader Kantipur needs at this moment in Nepal,” said Sambhav Sirohiya, Managing Director of Kantipur Media Group. “He combines deep roots in Nepali journalism with an unmatched understanding of where media is heading — across platforms, across audiences, and across a rapidly shifting global information landscape. We created this position because the challenges ahead demand unified editorial vision and leadership across all our properties. We are confident Anup will strengthen and elevate what we have built over three decades.”

In his new role, Kaphle will set the editorial vision and standards for Kantipur’s outlets, integrate coverage strategies across platforms, and position the group for the opportunities and pressures of the coming decade, including navigating artificial intelligence’s growing influence on newsrooms and audiences alike.

“Kantipur has been the backbone of quality journalism in Nepal for a generation,” Kaphle said. “It is a rare opportunity to help shape its next chapter — and to do it at a moment when Nepal’s democratic future is being contested, when disinformation is rising, and when independent, credible journalism has never mattered more. Returning home to do this work is not something I take lightly. I am energized by the challenge and honored by the trust.”

Kantipur Media Group has the reach, the resources, and the institutional capacity to lead. Nepal is changing rapidly — politically, economically, and technologically — and its readers are changing with it, moving from print to digital at a pace that demands both urgency and vision. For thirty years, every outlet in the portfolio has pursued the same mission: holding power accountable on the questions that matter most to Nepalis — political stability, good governance, transparency, investment, and the creation of opportunity. Kaphle’s appointment is a signal that the organization is moving decisively into its next era.

Kaphle’s work has earned broad international recognition. He has served on the boards of the Overseas Press Club and Columbia Journalism School Alumni Association, is a council member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Jobs and Frontier Technology, and a Global Fellow at the University of Richmond. He is a frequent speaker at international journalism forums, including the International Journalism Festival in Perugia and Web Summit.

His appointment reaffirms Kantipur Media Group’s commitment to the role it has always played — a free and courageous press, transparent in its methods and unafraid of competition. That commitment now has a new steward.

Please join us in welcoming Anup Kaphle to Kantipur Media Group.