Events

Speaker Series: Dan Perkins

"Tom Tomorrow," September 2010 In a change-of-pace from print-journalist speakers, Dan Perkins offered a visual presentation tracing his career and evolution as an alt cartoonist. In a change-of-pace from print-journalist speakers, Dan Perkins offered a visual...

Speaker Series: Laura Flanders and Josh Silver

Laura Flanders and Josh Silver, March 2010 Flanders is the host of the daily GRITtv show. Silver is the co-founder and director of the preeminent media reform group Free Press. In a dynamic joint presentation, journalist Laura Flanders and media policy expert Josh...

Speaker Series: Naomi Klein

Speaker Series: Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein, April 2010 Klein, a pioneer in independent coverage of the global economy and corporate power, is a contributing editor for Harper's. Naomi Klein conducted a public lecture to a packed Emerson Suites and Q&A session with Park Scholars and other...

Izzy Awards 2010

Izzy Awards 2010

The 2010 Izzy Awards honored Jeremy Scahill. The Izzy Award recognizes “special achievement in independent media." View the official program here: 2010IzzyProgram JEREMY SCAHILL - Jeremy Scahill is the author of the bestselling Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most...

Speaker Series: Farai Chideya

Farai Chideya, March 2010 Chideya, a veteran journalist and an early blogger, discussed her optimism about citizen journalism and the concept of "prosumers" with students. In her public lecture and a Q&A session with students, Chideya addressed the growth and...

Speaker Series: Sandra Steingraber

Sandra Steingraber, February 2010 In an inspiring public lecture, author/ecologist Steingraber discussed the responsibility of journalists and media in this era of ecological crisis. She discussed the environmental causes of cancer and other diseases, punctuating her...

Speaker Series: Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, September 2009 In two public presentations and several smaller gatherings with IC students, award-winning filmmakers TIA LESSIN AND CARL DEAL screened and discussed their work – includingTrouble the Water, the 2009 Oscar-nominated documentary...

Speaker Series: Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry, November 2009 Longtime editor of the independent conservative magazine National Review, Lowry presented an engaging public lecture titled “Death to ‘Legacy’ Media: A Defense of New and Independent Media.” He reviewed U.S. press history – highly partisan...

Speaker Series: Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi, February 2009 MATT TAIBBI is as hilarious a speaker as he is a writer. Speaking to a large crowd in Emerson on “Independent Journalism Amidst Conformist Media,” Rolling Stone‘s politics writer detailed his career as a journalistic rule-breaker – while...