Olympic Legacy Coverage: A Year Since the Games
One year after the Olympic Games, the legacy for the city of Rio is not what was promised by the Mayor, the Brazilian Olympic Committee, and the IOC. Below we compile [...]
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CatComm Facilitates Penn Lauder Institute Educational Community Visit to Vidigal
On the afternoon of Friday, June 16, 2017, Catalytic Communities introduced students and professors from the Lauder Program, a joint MBA/MA International Studies degree [...]
RioOnWatch’s New Editorial Line
In May 2010, CatComm launched Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympics, to [...]
Week-Long Exchange Shares Sustainable Infrastructure Strategies in New York and Rio
On Thursday March 16, in collaboration with Catalytic Communities, urban planning and architecture Masters students from Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute’s Programs for [...]
Educational Community Visit: Pratt Institute Visits Asa Branca
On March 14, 2017, Catalytic Communities visited Asa Branca favela on an Educational Community Visit as part of a week-long exchange with Pratt Institute’s Urban [...]
Our Plans for 2017
From 2010 through 2016, Catalytic Communities’ mandate was to harness the global Olympic media spotlight on Rio to build nuance and accuracy in reporting on favelas. [...]
2016 Update & Next Up in 2017
2016–What a year! Since learning Rio de Janeiro would host the 2016 Olympic Games, back in 2009, we at Catalytic Communities realized we’d need to focus [...]
RELEASE: Catalytic Communities Launches Final “Favelas in the Media” Research Report
Clique aqui para Português December 2016—Catalytic Communities’ longitudinal study on international media portrayals of Rio’s favelas ahead of the 2016 Olympics [...]
Post-Olympics Debrief & Next Up for CatComm | RioOnWatch
November 1, 2016–Now that the Olympics are over we have the chance to reflect and take stock of all Catalytic Communities and RioOnWatch have been able to accomplish [...]
RioONWire Favela News Wire Wraps Up 17 Months of Hourly Coverage
August 31, 2016—After 17 months of 24/7 hourly English news from Rio’s favelas, Catalytic Communities’ RioONWire news wire service fulfilled its goal and was [...]