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The World Cup of Lazy Journalism

By Emmett Williams • June 11, 2014

Clique aqui para Português While finishing up a news story for my current employer, a foreign news agency emailed me asking if any vehicles were on fire because of that days’ bus strike. They’d seen […]

Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2013

By RioOnWatch Editorial • December 31, 2013

This is the first contribution to our media watchdog series on the Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing conversation on the media narrative and media portrayal surrounding favelas. Throughout the year RioOnWatch monitors coverage […]