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A journalist since the keys of her grandfather's typewriter, now at 51, she is working on the project that best represents the journalism she champions: a local communty media, tellng the stories of real people, close and personal, bringing people together, Mensagem de Lisboa. She had been leading newsrooms for 20 years in national media but never has been any happier than this. She also teaches journalism and is part of the board of the World Editors Forum.

Portrait of Catarina Carvalho

Events

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LVR LandesMuseum

// Workshop I

Festival ticket required

Changing cities through community journalism: how Mensagem de Lisboa and the two Nunos did it with Narrativas Project

With Catarina Carvalho, Nuno Trigueiros and Nuno Varela

Mensagem from Lisbon has a vision for community journalism, that involves fostering civic participation and belonging in Lisboa urban communities. Through innovative formats, we inform, highlight individuals, and try to have a positive impact. Mensagem de Lisboa has worked with disenfranchised communities, turning media literacy concepts upside down and doing pop up newsrooms where we work with people from those places to tell their own stories. This is a process of empowerment but also a way to tackle news deserts, and promote empathy in a big city.