
The Edge
Countering the mainstream at the Park Center for Independent Media.
Izzy Award

Izzy Award 2013
The fifth annual Izzy Award was presented in 2013 to the nonprofit news outlet Mother Jones for eye-opening investigations.

Izzy Award 2012
The fourth annual Izzy Award honored in 2012 correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous and the Center for Media and Democracy.

Izzy Award 2011
The third annual Izzy Award was presented in 2011 to independent journalist Robert Scheer and indy magazine City Limits.

Izzy Award 2010
The second annual Izzy Award was presented in 2010 to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill for news on military contractors.
Events

Nominations Open for Annual “Izzy Award” for Independent Media
For the 16th year, the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College (PCIM) will present the Izzy Award — named after legendary journalist I. F. “Izzy” Stone — for outstanding achievement in independent media. Nominations are now open for work produced...

Conversations Across Screen Cultures, a Film Discussion Series, Returns on October 10
Conversations Across Screen Cultures, an online initiative featuring live interviews and discussions with film and media scholars, media artists, and programmers launches for the 2023–2024 academic year on October 10 at 7:00 p.m. EDT. Join Lauren Berliner and...

4/27 Izzy Award Ceremony Honors The Lever, Mississippi Free Press, and Journalists Carlos Ballesteros and Liza Gross
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Student Work

Internship: Madison Fernandez at The Ithaca Voice
Madison Fernandez '21 (Journalism) has been working with The Ithaca Voice, where she's been pitching and writing lots of stories—around 40 her first month. Her favorites covered the new Odyssey Bookstore, where she conducted her first socially-distanced in-person...

Internship: Ella Krings at Veverka Bros. Productions
Ella Krings '21 (Documentary Studies) has been interning for Veverka Bros. Productions this summer. She is currently editing a 30-minute episode about specialty fireworks in Japan that will be featured on the upcoming season of "Passfire: The Series."
The Indy Brief

The Indy Brief: Ukrainian Journalists Reporting Amidst Bombs
January 20, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of news stories from journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Izzy Award Nominations Open for Annual...

Land Acknowledgements Aren’t ‘Woke Indoctrination’
January 13, 2022 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of news stories from journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Izzy Award Nominations Now Open for...