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 [...]
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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 [...]
The Tiny NGO That Changed Reporting on Rio’s Favelas – CatComm Featured in The Development Set
The article below about Catalytic Communities’ work with journalists in the years leading up to and during the Olympics was published on August 24, 2016, in The [...]
CatComm’s Theresa Williamson Visits Santa Marta Favela with Matt Lauer and The TODAY Show
Watch Theresa Williamson with Matt Lauer, visiting the Santa Marta favela on The TODAY Show [...]
CatComm’s Social Media Campaign #StopFavelaStigma Highlights Resistance and Creativity in Favelas
As the Olympics were about to start, on August 3, 2016, Catalytic Communities ran a one-day social media campaign via the RioOnWatch Facebook page with the intention of [...]
Olympics Press Materials: Favela contacts, stories, events for great Rio2016 coverage
With 16 days to the start of the Rio Olympic Games, it’s crunch time for reporting on the city of Rio and the transformations that have taken place since Rio was [...]