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. [...]
Media Center
Catalytic Communities supports journalists committed to deepening understanding and knowledge on favelas in constructive ways that support their inclusive development. We do this both by speaking directly with journalists as a source, providing story ideas, and connecting journalists with a range of community voices on-the-ground, and by publishing RioOnWatch, through which media outlets can keep abreast of favela perspectives and latest events, gain nuance and perspective from researchers and observers, and get ideas for stories that have yet to be told.
Our Opinion Piece on Whether to Postpone the Olympics in New York Times Debate Forum
Click here for article published in the New York Times Room for Debate Forum on May 16, 2016. Holding the Olympics in Rio Was Always a Bad Idea Theresa Williamson, a city [...]
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 [...]
RELEASE: Live Q&A One Year to the Olympic Games, w/ Theresa Williamson & Juliana Barbassa
On August 5th, ‘One Year to Go’ to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, RioOnWatch will host an open Q&A with two of the most vocal women advocating for a positive legacy from [...]
RioONWire Now Public!
As of June 19, 2015, RioONWire has been released as a public access feed. Check it out and spread the word! [...]
Listen to Theresa Williamson at the Conference on World Affairs
Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director, Theresa Williamson, has just wrapped up an exciting week at the 67th Annual Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado [...]
Invitation & Resources for World Cup Journalists to #EndTheStigma
With the World Cup spotlight comes a fantastic opportunity to set the record straight on Rio’s favelas, for journalists covering the event to promote a more nuanced, [...]
‘In the Way of the Games’: March 2014 Interview
March 14, 2013–CatComm’s Executive Director, Theresa Williamson, was interviewed on New Jersey’s WBGO Journal 88.3 Radio on the upcoming mega-events in [...]
CatComm on Rio Evictions in The Guardian
January 17, 2014–CatComm quoted in important piece in The Guardian. Click to read. Click here for all past media [...]
