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Community Journalists Experience Censorship and Threats in Rio’s Favelas

By Gizele Martins • Translation by Sheila Taylor • October 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This post is the final of four RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2015 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Raise Your Voice. Check out our full series here. […]

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View from a Maré Community Reporter: The Power of Community Journalism

By Thaís Cavalcante • Translation by Carolyn Oliveira • October 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This post is the third of four RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2015 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Raise Your Voice. Check out our full series here. […]

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‘Imagens do Povo’ Photography Collective Part 1: Activist-Reporters [IMAGES]

By Andrea Cangialosi • October 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This post is the second of four RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2015 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Raise Your Voice. Check out our full series here. […]

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Segregration, Vigilantism & Protest: Responses to Rio’s Beach Robberies

By Benito Aranda-Comer, Federico Olivieri • October 9, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Tension between Rio de Janeiro’s North and South Zone residents has reached a new peak because of the threat of violence on Rio’s beaches in this pre-Olympic year. On August 23, […]

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Execution in Providência Highlights Growing Role of Social Media in Combating Police Violence

By Federico Olivieri, Marta Ill-Raga • October 6, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, September 29, 17-year-old Eduardo Felipe Santos Victor was shot dead in the Providência favela, in the Port Region of Rio de Janeiro. The official report released by the Military […]

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