Gilberto Dimenstein

{{Short description|Brazilian journalist (1956–2020)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|08|28|mf=y}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|05|29|1956|08|28|mf=y}}

| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| nationality = Brazilian

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| known_for = works regarding human rights

| notable_works = publisher of Catraca Livre

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Gilberto Dimenstein (August 28, 1956 – May 29, 2020) was a Brazilian journalist. He was the publisher of Catraca Livre, appointed by Financial Times as one of the most inspiring applications of digital technology for social good.{{cite news | url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/64203e92-4747-11e3-b4d3-00144feabdc0.html | title=Digital innovation for social change | newspaper=Financial Times | date=November 8, 2013 }} He also kept a column at CBN radio.{{Cite web|url=http://cbn.globoradio.globo.com/comentaristas/gilberto-dimenstein/2015/07/31/MIT-BUSCA-OS-REIS-DA-GAMBIARRA-EM-FAVELAS-DO-BRASIL.htm|title=MIT busca os 'reis da gambiarra' em favelas do Brasil|website=CBN}}

Dimestein published many works regarding human, children's and youth rights, besides works on citizenship.{{cite web|last=Fried|first=Ina|title=In Sao Paulo, a 'social Silicon Valley'|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10026104-56.html?tag=mncol;1n|publisher=CNET|accessdate=18 November 2011|date=27 August 2008}}{{cite web|last=Kanter|first=Rosabeth Moss|title=Informed and Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities|url=http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-141.pdf|publisher=Harvard Business School|accessdate=18 November 2011|author2=Litow, Stanly S.}}{{cite web|title=Gilberto Dimenstein at Ashoka|url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/3841|accessdate=18 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317180445/http://www.ashoka.org/node/3841|archivedate=17 March 2012}}

For 2011 he was a Fellow at Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative,{{cite web |last=Dimenstein |first=Gilberto |title=List of Fellows |url=http://advancedleadership.harvard.edu/2011-fellows/ |publisher=Harvard University |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523032242/http://advancedleadership.harvard.edu/2011-fellows/ |archivedate=2013-05-23 }} where he worked in partnership with researchers at the Media Lab of MIT on an Internet program to help cities transform themselves into learning communities (Open City Labs, known as "Catraca Livre" (Free Turnstile) in Brazil).

Dimenstein started his career at Shalom, a magazine dedicated to the Jewish community. Subsequently, he worked in Veja, Jornal do Brasil, Correio Braziliense, Última Hora''.{{cite web|title=Gilberto Dimenstein|url=http://revistatrip.uol.com.br/trip-fm/gilberto-dimenstein.html|work=Trip magazine|accessdate=18 November 2011|language=Portuguese|date=2 March 2004}}

For his reporting on social issues and his experiences with educational projects, Gilberto Dimenstein was named by Época magazine in 2007 as one of the hundred most influential figures in the country.{{cite book|last=Dimenstein|first=Gilberto|title=O Cidadão de Papel|year=2011|publisher=Editora Ática|isbn=9788508143924|pages=167|language=Portuguese}} Among the many awards he has won are the National Award for Human Rights along with D. Paulo Evaristo Arns, the Criança e Paz Award from UNICEF, McArthur Foundation grant to investigate the sexual exploitation of children and Honorable Mention for the Maria Moors Cabot Award from Columbia University School of Journalism in New York. He also won the Esso prize twice (main category in 1988 and Political Information in 1989, both when working at Folha de S.Paulo{{cite web|title=Veja a lista de vencedores do Prêmio Esso 2011|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/1007437-veja-a-lista-de-vencedores-do-premio-esso-2011.shtml|publisher=Folha.com|accessdate=19 November 2011|language=Portuguese|date=16 November 2011}} ) and the 1994 Jabuti prize for best non-fiction book with O Cidadão de Papel.

Dimenstein was one of the creators of Andi (News Agency for Children's Rights), which is circulated in Brazil and several countries in Latin America. In 2009, a document prepared at Harvard Business School, named him as an example of community innovation for his neighborhood-school project initially developed in São Paulo and replicated across the country.

Dimenstein's website, Catraca Livre, caused outrage among Brazilians due to its coverage of LaMia Flight 2933 crash.{{Cite web|url=http://esporte.ig.com.br/futebol/2016-11-30/catraca-livre-chapecoense.html|title=Catraca Livre uses Chapecoense's tragedy...|last=|first=|date=November 30, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} Such coverage included posting selfies sent by players to friends on social media and sensationalist headlines and associated stories.{{Cite news|url=http://www.revistaforum.com.br/segundatela/2016/11/29/ripjornalismo-catraca-livre-posta-fotos-dos-jogadores-da-chape-antes-do-acidente-e-revolta-internautas/|title=Catraca Livre posts photos of players before crash and causes revolt|last=|first=|newspaper=Segunda Tela |date=November 29, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Cite news|url=http://reaconaria.org/blog/reacablog/site-catraca-livre-usa-tragedia-da-chapecoense-para-ganhar-cliques/|title=Site "Catraca Livre" usa tragédia da Chapecoense para ganhar cliques|last=|first=|newspaper=Reaçonaria|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} Dimenstein issued apologies, claiming he "had won many journalistic prizes before".{{Cite web|url=https://facebook.com/CatracaLivre/posts/1432751656761841?substory_index=0&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1news.com.br%2Fnoticia%2F1430%2Fnellysson-silva%2Fnoticias%2Fcriador-do-catraca-livre-se-manifesta-ninguem-participou-da-decisao-exceto-eu|title=Catraca Livre|last=|first=|date=|website=Facebook|publisher=|access-date=}}

Dimenstein sued comedian Danilo Gentili over Facebook posts Gentili made. Gentili's posts were a reply to scathing comments Dimenstein made at Catraca Livre website on one of the comedian's jokes with members of Gentili's staff.{{Cite news|url=http://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,danilo-gentili-e-condenado-a-indenizar-jornalista-por-ofensa-no-facebook,70001821697|title=Danilo Gentili é condenado a indenizar jornalista por ofensa no Facebook - Emais - Estadão|work=Estadão|access-date=2017-06-01|language=pt-BR}}