Anup Kaphle is a Nepali journalist who is currently the editor-in-chief of ''

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'', an online publication that focuses on technology. Kaphle has previously worked for ''

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'', ''

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'',

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and has led ''

The Kathmandu Post ''The Kathmandu Post'' is a major daily newspaper published in Nepal. Founded in February 1993 by Shyam Goenka, it is one of the largest English-language newspapers in the country. The newspaper is published by Kantipur Publications, the publ ...

'' as editor-in-chief.

Early life and education

Kaphle grew up in the Nepali city of

Pokhara Pokhara ( ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city located in central Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. Named the country's "capital of tourism" it is the List of cities in Nepal, second largest city after Kathmandu, with 599,5 ...

. He moved to the capital city of Kathmandu, where he interned at ''The Himalayan Times'' in 2003. Later that year, Kaphle moved to the United States to pursue an undergraduate degree at

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in Tennessee. After graduating in 2007 with a degree in English, Kaphle went on to attend the

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in New York City. He is also a graduate of the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program in New York City.

Career

During his time at Tusculum, Kaphle interned for ''Newsweek'' and Forbes.com. After graduating from

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, Kaphle worked for News21 in Arizona before going to work as a digital media fellow at ''The Atlantic'' in 2008. As a correspondent for ''The Atlantic'', Kaphle reported from Afghanistan and Nepal. In 2009, Kaphle left ''The Atlantic'' for ''The Washington Post'', where he initially worked as an online producer. After three years, in 2011, Kaphle was promoted digital foreign editor at the ''Post''. He remained in the position until April 2015. Kaphle then moved to London as deputy foreign editor at Buzzfeed News. In March 2018, Kaphle was named executive editor of the digital food and travel publication '' Roads & Kingdoms''. Kaphle left the publication in 2018 to move back to his home country of Nepal to lead ''The Kathmandu Post''. Kaphle resigned in February 2020 to move back to the United States. He is currently executive editor of ''Rest of World'', a non-profit digital publication founded by

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, an entrepreneur and daughter of

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, former executive chairman of

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Awards

* Henry N. Taylor Award, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2008 * The Eugene Meyer Award, ''The Washington Post'', 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaphle, Anup Nepalese journalists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Pokhara