Lisboa Para Pessoas

https://lisboaparapessoas.pt

Lisboa Para Pessoas is a community-based media outlet publishing information and stories of interest for Lisbon's citizens from their perspective: their interests and concerns. The media outlet, which publishes stories almost daily, is run by only one person: its founder.

While other journalistic websites about Lisbon focus on its cultural or political life, founder Mário Rui André wanted Lisboa Para Pessoas to have a more pragmatic approach to the subjects that affect peoples' lives: sustainability, mobility, public spaces and housing.

The outlet has a social media platform on Discord, where 400 members chat with each other regularly about housing prices, pollution and the environment, public transportation and local political meetings. Prompted by those discussions, the community of Lisboa Para Pessoas has even developed a mobile app to deal with an issue regarding public transportation schedules.

Lisboa Para Pessoas reaches more than 600,000 visits annually. In early 2022, it raised more than 10,000 euros through a crowdfunding campaign, the highest amount ever collected by crowdfunding for a local journalism project in Portugal, according to them.

Source: Oasis Europe

Last updated date: November 2025

Location:
Lisbon, Portugal
Year the organization started publishing:
2021
Languages:
Portuguese
Type of coverage:
Local
Area of coverage:
Lisbon

Content

Type of content produced by theme:
Environment
Politics
Health and well-being
Society and human rights
Gender
Feminism
LGBTIQ+
DEIA: Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
Journalism genres:
Chronicles and non-fiction
Interviews and reporting
Information services
Opinion
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Data journalism
Crowdsourcing
Solutions or constructive journalism
Engaged, community-driven or participatory journalism
Explanatory journalism
Curated/aggregated content
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Newsletter
Messaging service
Social media platforms
YouTube
Telegram
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
2,400
Twitter number of followers:
3,556
Instagram number of followers:
5,975
YouTube number of followers:
15

Management and team

Founders

Female:
0
Male:
1
Founders:
Mário Rui André
Directors:
Mário Rui André

Team

Full-time employees:
1
Part-time employees:
0
Freelancers or consultants:
0
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
Hybrid model (more than one nonprofit or for-profit)
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Advertising
Audience support / reader revenue
Other
Google Adsense
Memberships
Crowdfunding campaigns
Individual donations
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Crowdfunding campaigns
The second most important revenue source reported:
Advertising
Others revenue sources:
Initial investment by founder

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Doesn’t have an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Doesn’t have a complaints policy
Doesn’t have a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team

Why is this profile included?

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