About The Media Consortium
View the full Media Consortium archive here. Background In the wake of George W. Bush’s second-term victory in 2004, several left-leaning news outlets met with the goal of forming a coalition to encourage collaboration between independent news media and increasing the impact of progressive independent media outlets in the United States. What came of […]
Infiltrating News — Sharon Lerner and Rodrigo Brandão of The Intercept
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 by Sharon Lerner that interrogated the human cost of cancer-causing emissions from large factories near towns. Rodrigo […]
‘2016 Was Not A Fluke’ — Unpacking Election 2020
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, the extraordinary mobilizing efforts that secured Joe Biden’s win, the devastating legacy of President Trump, the role […]
Election 2020: Why Trump Lost But Trumpism Didn’t
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 played out. Despite the odds, supporters of President Trump and all those who wanted him out of […]
Commentary: Why Election 2020 Could Be a Turning Point in the History of United States
by Raza Rumi* On November 3, 2020, Americans will elect their next president, but this is not the traditional electoral contest. In many ways, this race will determine the political direction of the country. American voters are confronted with the choice of advancing Trumpian policies or accepting the centrist agenda of Joe Biden, the nominee […]
Facebook Tuned its Algorithm to Hinder Progressive Outlets
In late 2017, Facebook executives were briefed on major changes to the platform’s News Feed—the code that determines which of innumerable posts appear when a user views Facebook. The changes would reduce how much news people saw, and therefore decrease outlets’ revenue. For Mother Jones, the decline in Facebook audience over the following 18 months […]
‘There Was No Debate’—Trump & Biden in Indy Media
By Jeremy Lovelett Tuesday’s presidential debate disintegrated into bitter chaos after a handful of minutes. President Donald Trump fostered fear and lies about violence and voting, often trampling past his time allotment to pepper insults at former Vice President Joe Biden, who generally maintained a baseline of decorum, despite asking in exasperation, “Will you […]
The Urgency of Participatory Small Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Indy Journalists: ‘We Are Not The New York Times — We Take Sides’
Four esteemed voices in media joined PCIM on July 29 to discuss recent changes in journalism amid pandemic and protest. Moderated by PCIM Director Raza Rumi, the conversation invited valuable perspectives from each of the four panelists: The Independent’s chief U.S. correspondent Andrew Buncombe, Montclair State University assistant professor Dr. Tara L. Conley, The Nation editor D.D. […]
Interview: Faisal Devji on Globalized Antiracist Protests
Faisal Devji, a distinguished scholar and historian at Oxford University, joined PCIM director Raza Rumi to discuss how the global scope of the recent Black Lives Matter protests is raising possibilities for a new global politics. Devji’s historical insights place these protests on a post-Cold War world stage, where conflicts between states, given the absence […]