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 [...]
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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 [...]
What is a Favela? [ANIMATED VIDEO]
July 19, 2016–Catalytic Communities launched ‘What is a Favela,’ a short animated educational video describing the historic and socio-cultural basics of [...]
WNYC’s ‘On the Media’ Explores Reporting on Rio’s Favelas
WNYC’s ‘On the Media’ show and national NPR podcast, produced a must-listen piece for all journalists reporting on Rio about the challenges of reporting on [...]
Rio Olympics ‘Reality Tour’
Journalists, help us gauge interest in an “Olympics Reality Tour,” a full-day itinerary for a group of reporters to visit favelas affected by the Olympics [...]
CatComm Supports Critical Vox Video “2016 Olympics: What Rio doesn’t want the world to see”
Catalytic Communities was thrilled to collaborate with the production of this critical 8-minute documentary viewed over 1.1 million times in two days on Facebook and 1.4 [...]
IJNet Features RioOnWatch Olympics Resources for Journalists
RioOnWatch launches guide to encourage nuanced news coverage of Rio de Janeiro Olympics — by Sheila Taylor Click here for article published on IJNet on May 18, 2016. [...]
RioOnWatch Receives Award, Making Plans for After Olympics
May 17, 2016–We’re thrilled to share that RioOnWatch.org has been recognized as a 2016 Honoree by the Webby Awards in the “Best Communities” category! [...]
Olympics Resources For Journalists now available
Did you know some 30,000 journalists are expected to be in Rio covering the Olympic Games? With the unprecedented global media spotlight on Rio in mind, as part of our [...]