The Edge
Countering the mainstream at the Park Center for Independent Media.
Izzy Award
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.
Izzy Award 2022
The 14th honored The City, Block Club Chicago, Indigenously, and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Izzy Award 2021
The 13th annual Izzy Award was presented in 2021 to journalists Tim Schwab and Liliana Segura, and outlet Truthout.
Events
Project Censored’s ‘State of the Free Press 2025’ Book Release Party and Panel Discussion
Join the PCIM Distinguished Director, Professor Mickey Huff, at Ithaca College for a book launch addressing the news that didn’t make the news this past year with a panel of contributors to Project Censored's latest annual book on December 4, 2024, from 6:00 to 8:00...
Disinformation Nation: Critical Media Literacy for Election 2024
Join media scholar Dr. Nolan Higdon and Distinguished Director of PCIM Professor Mickey Huff in conversation about the state of our free press, hyper-partisan media, and a distracted and divided public as we approach the 2024 election next month. Tuesday, October 15,...
Banned Books Week: Freed Between the Lines
Join Mickey Huff, the new Distinguished Director of the Park Center for Independent Media, in conversation with professors, librarians, and activists on combatting book bans and protecting intellectual freedom. Enjoy light refreshments and stay for a Q&A with the...
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Student Work
PCIM Sponsors 10 Students in Summer Internships
This summer, PCIM is excited to sponsor 10 Ithaca College students in their internships at independent news outlets and nonprofits across the country. Our interns will work at a variety of institutions, both new and familiar to PCIM. Students will use these...
PCIM Interns Hone Journalistic Skills at Independent Outlets and Nonprofits
This summer, we were pleased to sponsor 10 Ithaca College students in their internships at independent news outlets and nonprofits across the country. The students, from various areas of study, found opportunities to develop skills and push for new ways to apply them...
The Indy Brief
The Indy Brief: Motherhood, Tech, and the Debt Ceiling
May 26, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of stories from writers and journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Edge Motherhood, Technology, and...
The Indy Brief: Film Uses Body Cams to Document Police Shooting
May 12, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of stories from writers and journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Izzy Award The 15th Annual Izzy...