Izzy Award 2025 Recordings
On April 30, 2025, PCIM honored winners Steve Mellon (Pittsburgh Union Progress) and Maximillian Alvarez (The Real News Network) on stories regarding East Palestine, Ohio to expose the toxic environment harming residents long after the 2023 train derailment; Mohammed Mhawish, a journalist from Gaza City who fled to Cairo, Egypt, for his writing at The […]
Izzy Award 2026 Recordings
On April 22, 2026, PCIM honored winners news outlet Texas Observer; journalists Gwynne Hogan and Haidee Chu, writing for The City; and filmmaker Abby Martin and Empire Files for the documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy. Video and editing by Park Productions. View the ceremony recording: View all recorded Izzy Fest Events here.
Izzy Award 2026
Izzy Award for Independent Media to be shared by Texas Observer, reporters Gwynne Hogan and Haidee Chu, and filmmaker Abby Martin and Empire Files. The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College is honored to announce that the 18th annual Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” will be shared by news outlet Texas Observer; journalists Gwynne Hogan and Haidee Chu, writing for The City; and filmmaker Abby […]
Izzy Award 2025 | Ceremony Photographs
Izzy Award 2025
The 17th honored Steve Mellon and Maximillian Alvarez, Jewish Currents, and San Francisco Public Press.
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 […]
Izzy Award 2024
The 16th honored In These Times, Mohammed El-Kurd, Lynzy Billing, and Trina Reynolds-Tyler and Sarah Conway.
Izzy Award 2023
The winners of the 15th annual Izzy Award were The Lever, Mississippi Free Press, Carlos Ballesteros, and Liza Gross.
4/27 Izzy Award Ceremony Honors The Lever, Mississippi Free Press, and Journalists Carlos Ballesteros and Liza Gross
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The Lever: “We Just Won Something Huge”
The Lever’s April 2 newsletter celebrates the outlet’s 2023 Izzy Award win.