Park Center for Independent Media
The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) in collaboration with Cornell University's Industry Labor Relations School presents: A Conversation with Boots Riley: “Democracy at Work!” Boots Riley is a musician, labor activist and director of the critically acclaimed...
The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College has announced that this year’s Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” will be shared by a publication and two journalists who undertook trailblazing and intrepid reporting...
PCIM and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) hosted a conversation, moderated by Raza Rumi, with authors Brian Winston and Matthew Winston about their book, "The Roots of Fake News: Objecting to Objective Journalism." Their conversation explores where...
PCIM and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) hosted a discussion with Rodrigo Brandão and Sharon Lerner from investigative independent news outlet The Intercept on Wednesday, March 24. Moderated by Raza Rumi, the conversation centered recent stories...
With the Izzy Award set to celebrate its 13th year, award nominations are now open for work produced in the calendar year 2020. The annual honor for outstanding achievement in independent media — named after legendary journalist I. F. “Izzy” Stone — is...
The U.S. has seen a 1200% increase in the number of journalists arrested compared to 2019, according to a new report from Freedom of the Press foundation (FPF). The organization tracked 117 arrests or detainments of journalists, which is up from 9 last year. With data...
On theAnalysis.news podcast, author, activist, and Izzy Award judge Robert McChesney joins Paul Jay to discuss the degradation of American media. “The range of legitimate debate on political issues has always been pretty much set by people in power.” As real...
The Park Center for Independent Media hosted a panel discussion on the results of election 2020, featuring Ithaca College-affiliated speakers who are experts in politics, media, and culture. The conversation tackled the issues that influenced the presidential race,...
By Raza Rumi The November election in the United States took place under most extraordinary circumstances. A deadly pandemic, historic levels of unemployment, massive protests against racism and deep polarization defined the context within which the electoral battle...
The Park Center for Independent Media is hosting a panel discussion following the results of election 2020 on Wednesday, November 18, at 7–8:30 p.m. This election yielded record turnout and confirmed the deep polarization among American voters. Our panelists will...