The Edge

Countering the mainstream at the Park Center for Independent Media.

Izzy Award

Izzy Award 2024

Izzy Award 2024

The 16th honored In These Times, Mohammed El-Kurd, Lynzy Billing, and Trina Reynolds-Tyler and Sarah Conway.

Izzy Award 2023

Izzy Award 2023

The winners of the 15th annual Izzy Award were The Lever, Mississippi Free Press, Carlos Ballesteros, and Liza Gross.

Izzy Award 2022

Izzy Award 2022

The 14th honored The City, Block Club Chicago, Indigenously, and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Izzy Award 2021

Izzy Award 2021

The 13th annual Izzy Award was presented in 2021 to journalists Tim Schwab and Liliana Segura, and outlet Truthout.

Events

Disinformation Nation: Critical Media Literacy for Election 2024

Disinformation Nation: Critical Media Literacy for Election 2024

Join media scholar Dr. Nolan Higdon and Distinguished Director of PCIM Professor Mickey Huff in conversation about the state of our free press, hyper-partisan media, and a distracted and divided public as we approach the 2024 election next month. Tuesday, October 15,...

Banned Books Week: Freed Between the Lines

Banned Books Week: Freed Between the Lines

Join Mickey Huff, the new Distinguished Director of the Park Center for Independent Media, in conversation with professors, librarians, and activists on combatting book bans and protecting intellectual freedom. Enjoy light refreshments and stay for a Q&A with the...

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Student Work

PCIM Sponsors 10 Students in Summer Internships

PCIM Sponsors 10 Students in Summer Internships

This summer, PCIM is excited to sponsor 10 Ithaca College students in their internships at independent news outlets and nonprofits across the country. Our interns will work at a variety of institutions, both new and familiar to PCIM. Students will use these...

The Indy Brief

The Indy Brief: Motherhood, Tech, and the Debt Ceiling

The Indy Brief: Motherhood, Tech, and the Debt Ceiling

May 26, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of stories from writers and journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Edge Motherhood, Technology, and...

The Indy Brief: Film Uses Body Cams to Document Police Shooting

The Indy Brief: Film Uses Body Cams to Document Police Shooting

May 12, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of stories from writers and journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Izzy Award The 15th Annual Izzy...