Izzy Award
Izzy Award 2025
The 17th honored Steve Mellon and Maximillian Alvarez, Jewish Currents, and San Francisco Public Press.
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.
Events
November 18th: Masterclass with award-wining investigative journalist Will Potter
Join PCIM’s masterclass featuring Will Potter, an award-winning investigative journalist and author, and a leading international voice challenging attacks on civil liberties in the name of fighting “terrorism.”
November 12th: Earth’s Greatest Enemy by Abby Martin
Join PCIM’s screening of Earth’s Greatest Enemy by journalist and filmmaker, Abby Martin. Followed by Q&A with Abby!
October 30th: Grappling with Privacy and AI Literacy
Join PCIM’s guest speakers, Nolan Higdon and Allison Butler for their masterclass: Grappling with Privacy and AI Literacy: Making Sense of Surveillance Technologies and GenAI in Education.
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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...
PCIM Newsletter
PCIM Newsletter | Fall 2025
We were excited to hold the 17th Annual Izzy Award ceremony in-person at Ithaca College last April for the first time since 2019.
PCIM Newsletter | Summer 2025
On April 30th, the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College honored this year’s Izzy Award winners at Ithaca College “for outstanding achievement in independent media.”