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The Challenges Faced by Community Journalists in the Largest Favela Complex of Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Staff • October 23, 2023

Clique aqui para Português Check out our complete series of community media profiles here. Complexo da Mangueirinha, in Duque de Caxias, is the largest cluster of favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region. […]

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Media Coalition Representing Brazil’s Peripheral, Favela, Quilombola, and Indigenous Communities Use Ancestral Technology to Democratize Communication Rights

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Staff • October 5, 2023

Clique aqui para Português The Peripheral, Favela, Quilombola, and Indigenous Media Coalition brings together a network of journalism initiatives as ancestral technology to end the silences in the media market and change the future of […]

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8th Black July: Insurgent Media Unites Brazil and Palestine in Fight Against State Violence

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Staff • August 10, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On July 25, the livestream event “Insurgent Communication: From Brazil to Palestine” was held as part of the Eighth Black July, an international initiative aimed at combating violence, the militarization of life, racism, and apartheid. In 2023, […]

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The Sustainability of Favela Newspapers in Print

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Liam Aranda • October 13, 2022

Clique aqui para Português From the closing down of printers to the lack of profitability of favela media, grassroots communicators have faced the challenge of keeping community journalism alive in the favelas of Rio de […]

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Favelão: Political Voice and Favela Journalism Ahead of Its Time

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Zaira Apolinario Chaplin • October 4, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Favelão—The Voice of Favelados, a newspaper from the 1980s preserves the memory of political communication in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and their resistance against forced evictions. “Those who live in favelas […]

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