“… Mr. Sirota, who even while working as a journalist seemed to delight in trolling the media from inside the house. Accepting the 2015 Izzy Award for special achievement in independent media (it is named for the radical muckraker I.F. Stone), Mr. Sirota spoke of...
Izzy Award
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...
Izzy Award 2019
The 11th Izzy Award honored journalists Laura Flanders, Dave Lindorff and Aaron Maté and publication Earth Island Journal.
PCIM Hosts the 2019 Izzy Award
This year the Izzy Award was shared by Editors of Earth Island Journal that in its groundbreaking Autumn 2018 issue highlighted the connections between environmental degradation, women and indigenous peoples.The international magazine of the Berkeley,...
Izzy Award 2018
The 10th annual Izzy Award was presented in 2018 to journalists Lee Fang, Sharon Lerner, Dahr Jamail and Todd Miller.
Izzy Award 2017
The ninth annual Izzy Award honored in 2017 journalists Shane Bauer, Ari Berman, Seth Freed Wessler, and “America Divided.”
Izzy Award 2016
The eighth annual Izzy Award was presented in 2016 to Inside Climate News and journalists Jamie Kelven and Brandon Smith.
Izzy Award 2015
The seventh annual Izzy Award was presented in 2015 to author Naomi Klein and investigative journalist David Sirota.
Izzy Award 2014
The sixth annual Izzy Award was presented in 2014 to independent reporter John Carlos Frey and journalist and author Nick Turse.
Izzy Award 2013
The fifth annual Izzy Award was presented in 2013 to the nonprofit news outlet Mother Jones for eye-opening investigations.