{"id":78319,"date":"2024-06-19T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=78319"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:27:11","slug":"community-media-profile-ppg-informativo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=78319","title":{"rendered":"Community Media Profile: PPG Informativo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PPG Informativo<\/em> is an online news outlet from the Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho and Cantagalo favelas (PPG), which share a hillside separating the neighborhoods of Ipanema and Copacabana. Photo: Arne M\u00fcseler \/ www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Check out our complete series of community media profiles here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

RioOnWatch<\/em> recently had the pleasure of speaking with Ana Muza Cipriano, the founder of PPG Informativo<\/a><\/em>, to learn more about her work, the history of this favela-based media channel, its impacts, and how she understands the importance of the favela journalism ecosystem.<\/h4>\n

When Ana Muza Cipriano started the PPG Informativo<\/em> Facebook page a decade ago, people had already been knocking on her door in the early hours of the morning to tell her what was going on in their lives. So, according to Cipriano\u2014who had already been influenced by Carla Siccos, founder of CDD Acontece<\/em> community newspaper<\/a> from City of God\u2014it was a natural, though challenging, progression for her to create PPG Informativo<\/em>, an online news source serving the South Zone<\/a> favelas of Cantagalo<\/a> and Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho<\/a> (PPG).<\/p>\n

In 2024, the outlet operates under the slogan \u201cde cria pra cria<\/em>,\u201d or \u2018by locals, for the locals<\/a>,\u2019 and is run by a team of seven women volunteers from the community. Reaching over 13,000 followers on Instagram and 23,000 on Facebook, PPG Informativo<\/em> publishes news related to residents\u2019 most immediate concerns<\/a> and proudest achievements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Need for \u201cCria\u201d Journalism<\/h3>\n

Prior to starting PPG Informativo<\/em>, Cipriano was featured as a \u201cParceira do RJ<\/a>,\u201d a community correspondent that reported on Brazil’s national Globo TV at lunchtime. She reported on PPG, among other favelas from elsewhere in the South Zone. That’s when she became known in the favela as someone who could help residents tell the stories that mattered to them.<\/p>\n

Cipriano noticed a lack of shared information among residents of Cantagalo and Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho despite a common location atop a mountain between the upscale neighborhoods of Ipanema and Copacabana. People in Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho didn\u2019t know, for example, that there were open technical courses available in Cantagalo. Cipriano took on the mission to help people access those spaces. In addition to identifying gaps in information herself, she welcomes news coming to her. Neighbors approach her with their most pressing concerns. During our interview, Cipriano receives a video from a resident showing issues<\/a> he is experiencing with his electricity<\/a>, a major issue covered by PPG Informativo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por PPG Informativo (@ppginformativo)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n