This study is about the two leading South Asian online newspapers-The Daily Star of Bangladesh and The Dawn of Pakistan-to determine the coverage level and the content characteristics of development news in the two developing countries of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Previous research studies suggest that news organization in developing countries tend to denote higher attention and allocate a large proportion of space for development news. When covering developing news, government authorities and influential political personalities are given more priority. The findings of this research shows that most of the development news is not centered on economic activities and business news treatment. The priority to development news is not given on front and back pages rather on metropolitan and other pages. This study also tries to find out how development journalism can be a successful tool of development communication.
Development News, Development Communication, Development Journalism
