The winners of the 15th annual Izzy Award were The Lever, Mississippi Free Press, Carlos Ballesteros, and Liza Gross.
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The Indy Brief: The Russia-Ukraine War and Media
September 8, 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 Upcoming Events 9/22: Exiled Writers Talk...
9/7: Russia-Ukraine War and The Media
The Park Center for Independent Media and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival invite you to a conversation with media experts on coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in independent and mainstream media. The discussion will be held Wednesday, September 7, from...
Stopping the War Before It Goes Nuclear
May 12, 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 Edge The Ukraine War Must Be Stopped...
Democracy Now! Announces 2022 Izzy Award Winners
On April 5, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman announced the recipients of the 2022 Izzy Award. This annual award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” is named after dissident journalist I.F. Stone. This year's Izzy will be shared by nonprofit newsrooms The...
14th Izzy Award Ceremony on April 26 Honoring Nonprofit Newsrooms, Journalists
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 nonprofit newsrooms in New York and Chicago for exposing corruption that harmed...
Izzy Award Nominations Deadline Extended to Feb 9
The judges of the Izzy Award have extended the deadline for nominations until February 9 at midnight EST. The award celebrates its 14th year in 2022, and PCIM will again grant this honor — named after legendary journalist I. F. “Izzy” Stone — for outstanding...
PCIM Webinar: Journalism in Times of Pandemic & Protest
Join the Park Center for Independent Media on Wednesday, July 29 for a webinar on the media environment amid the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing protests against racial injustice. Our speakers will review the coverage of pandemic and...
Nominations Open for 12th Annual ‘Izzy Award’ for Independent Media
With the Izzy Award set to celebrate its 12th year, award nominations are now open for work produced in the calendar year 2019. The annual honor for outstanding achievement in independent media — named after legendary journalist I. F. “Izzy” Stone — is...
Oct. 3 -The Crisis of the Media-Industrial Complex: Nermeen Shaikh of Democracy Now!
Journalist Nermeen Shaikh will speak about the fallacies and distortions of mainstream media and how independent news outlets like Democracy Now! provide an urgently needed corrective. Nermeen Shaikh is a cohost and news producer at Democracy Now! She is the author...