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 [...]
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On openDemocracy: CatComm’s Theresa Williamson Summarizes the ‘Real’ Legacies from the 2016 Olympic Games
On August 5, 2016, as Rio held the 2016 Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, openDemocracy featured on its homepage Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director Theresa [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Guernica Interviews CatComm Executive Director Theresa Williamson
On June 15, 2016, Guernica Magazine published an in-depth interview with Catalytic Communities‘ Executive Director Theresa Williamson. Interviewed by writer and [...]
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! [...]