Park Center for Independent Media
Dave Zirin, October 2017 Independent journalist Dave Zirin gave a public lecture, "The Politics of Sports and Sports Journalism," on Thursday, October 12. In an open-to-the-public lecture and a spirited Q&A supper with 50 students/faculty and a journalism...
Janine Jackson, October 2016 Janine Jackson is program director at the media watch group FAIR.org. She is producer and host of the nationally-syndicated radio show CounterSpin. In a public lecture and a Q&A supper with 40 students/faculty and various meetings with...
Jim Hightower, September 2015 The prolific author, radio commentator, humorist, & populist's talk: "Against the Current: How Indy Media & Activists Can Challenge Corporate Control" Jim Hightower, the progressive Texas populist whose newsletter Hightower...
Betty Medsger, September 2014 Betty Medgser, journalist and author, gave a lecture titled: "Before Edward Snowden: The Citizen Burglars Who Exposed FBI Spying - in 1971." In a public lecture and a more intimate, late afternoon Q&A session, author/journalist Betty...
Stephen Zunes, April 2014 Stephen Zunes is a prolific writer and one of the country's leading scholars of both U.S. Middle East policy and strategic nonviolent action. He is a professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco, where he...
Robert W. McChesney, October 2013 Robert W. McChesney is an expert on the political economy of communication, media policy, and 20th- and 21st-century media history. Robert W. McChesney, prolific author, media policy expert, and the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the...
Juan Gonzalez, February 2013 PCIM welcomed Juan Gonzalez to speak on the subject of his most recent book, "News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race in U.S. Media." It took eight years for producers to make the film based on Juan Gonzalez's 2001 book Harvest of...
Jose Antonio Vargas, December 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Jose Antonio Vargas discussed immigration and his New York Times Magazine essay: "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant." In a public lecture and smaller early evening Q&A session, Pulitzer Prize winner Jose...
Susan Faludi, September 2011 Susan Faludi's lecture was titled "9/11: Myth, Media and Gender," inspired by her book "The Terror Dream: Myth and Misogyny in an Insecure America." In a public lecture and a Q&A session with Park Scholars and other students who’d...
Daniel Ellsberg, October 2010 One of the most important whistle-blowers, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg discussed the importance of independent, skeptical media and whistle-blowing. One of the most important whistle-blowers in history, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg appeared on campus on...