The 18th Annual Izzy Award Ceremony
The 18th Annual Izzy Award ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 22nd, 7 P.M. in Emerson Suites, Campus Center, at Ithaca College. The event is free and open to the public. It will also be recorded and livestreamed. The Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” is named after I. F. “Izzy” Stone, the […]
November 18th: Masterclass with award-wining investigative journalist Will Potter
PCIM is hosting a masterclass with award-wining investigative journalist Will Potter! Behind the little red barns dotting the landscape and decorating so many of the products we consume is a dangerous threat. Award-wining investigative journalist Will Potter will share from his 10-year investigation of factory farms and rising fascism. In his new book, Little […]
November 12th: Earth’s Greatest Enemy by Abby Martin
PCIM is hosting the screening of this groundbreaking documentary by Abby Martin, followed by Q&A with the journalist and filmmaker herself. Wednesday, November 12th 4-6:30 pm Park Auditorium Roy H. Park School of Communications Ithaca College Exempt from international climate agreements and rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting, the Pentagon is the world’s single largest […]
October 30th: Grappling with Privacy and AI Literacy
Join PCIM’s guest speakers, Nolan Higdon and Allison Butler for their masterclass: Grappling with Privacy and AI Literacy: Making Sense of Surveillance Technologies and GenAI in Education Thursday, October 30th | 10am Clark Lounge, Campus Center NOLAN HIGDON is the founding member of the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, Project Censored National Judge, author, and university lecturer at Merrill […]
Winners to Attend the 17th Annual Izzy Award Celebration at Ithaca College
The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College is honored to announce that this year’s Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” will be shared by three journalists and two outlets that undertook path-breaking and in-depth reporting in 2024. Winners will attend a cerebration for their reporting at Ithaca College April 30. Each of the winners will give a 12–15-minute […]
The Deepest Fake News: Exploring the Explanatory Vacuums of Establishment Media Coverage
Featuring Dr. John Collins, St. Lawrence University (Emeritus Professor of Global Studies) Hosted by Professors Mickey Huff and Todd Schack, Journalism and PCIM Tuesday March 4th, Textor 102 10:50 A.M. to 12:05 P.M. Ithaca College, Free While the issue of “fake news” has generated significant critical attention over the past decade, there is an ongoing need […]
Nominations Now Open for Annual “Izzy Award” for Independent Media
The Izzy Award will celebrate its 17th year this coming spring, and nominations are officially open for work produced during the 2024 calendar year. The Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College (PCIM) will again grant this honor — named after legendary muckraking journalist I. F. “Izzy” Stone — for outstanding achievement in independent media. Each year […]
Project Censored’s ‘State of the Free Press 2025’ Book Release Party and Panel Discussion
Join the PCIM Distinguished Director, Professor Mickey Huff, at Ithaca College for a book launch addressing the news that didn’t make the news this past year with a panel of contributors to Project Censored’s latest annual book on December 4, 2024, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Campus Center. Since 1976, media watchdog […]
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, 12:10–1:10 p.m. in Textor 103, Ithaca College. Free light refreshments provided! Higdon and […]
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 panel following the discussion. Tuesday, September 24, 12:10 – 1:10 p.m. Clark Lounge in Campus Center, […]