Clique aqui para Português From March 1 to 12, Complexo do Alemão media collective GatoMÍDIA hosted an intensive media and technology residency to empower favela youth to make their own culture and “build hacks for the future.” […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the final article in a three-part series on the Imagens do Povo photography collective. “I think we’re living this great conflict: one story or many stories; maintaining the status quo or bringing […]
Clique aqui para Português The traditional media, which hold the largest audiences across media channels, differ from democratic forms of communication because they are beholden to large corporations. Their social, moral and historic intentions are different. Political interests dominate when […]
Clique aqui para Português The original text was published in Portuguese by community reporter and activist Thainã de Medeiros* on his Facebook page and republished on Favela 247. Thainã is an organizer of the Coletivo Papo Reto media collective […]
Clique aqui para Português When foreign journalists visit Rio de Janeiro wishing to report on favela community news, they quickly come to find themselves relying on social media. Many are surprised at how Brazil in general and favela […]