"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...
Events
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
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
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...
Izzy Award 2009
The inaugural Izzy Award was presented in 2009 to blogger Glenn Greenwald and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman.
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...