The 12th honored journalist Matt Taibbi, Puerto Rican outlet Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, and publication News Inside.
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Commentary: Why Election 2020 Could Be a Turning Point in the History of United States
by Raza Rumi* On November 3, 2020, Americans will elect their next president, but this is not the traditional electoral contest. In many ways, this race will determine the political direction of the country. American voters are confronted with the choice of advancing...
Revisiting ‘Objectivity’ in Journalism — Nov 5
Jo Ellen Green Kaiser will speak to students about objectivity in journalism. She has worked with independent news outlets for over two decades, including from 2011 to 2018, when she served as Executive Director of The Media Consortium, an association of 80 news...
Facebook Tuned its Algorithm to Hinder Progressive Outlets
In late 2017, Facebook executives were briefed on major changes to the platform’s News Feed—the code that determines which of innumerable posts appear when a user views Facebook. The changes would reduce how much news people saw, and therefore decrease outlets’...
PCIM To Host the 2020 Izzy Award Ceremony on Oct. 28
View the evening's program here: Izzy Award Ceremony Program The Park Center for Independent Media will host the 12th Izzy Award ceremony on October 28 at 6:00 p.m. Named after I. F. “Izzy” Stone, the legendary 20th century journalist,...
‘There Was No Debate’—Trump & Biden in Indy Media
By Jeremy Lovelett Tuesday’s presidential debate disintegrated into bitter chaos after a handful of minutes. President Donald Trump fostered fear and lies about violence and voting, often trampling past his time allotment to pepper insults at former Vice...
An Evening with Misha Euceph
Watch the Webinar Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bqiXpColMA The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, the Park Center for Independent Media, and the Muslim Chaplaincy at Cornell will host Pakistani-American and...
The Urgency of Participatory Small Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Dale Hudson and Patricia R. Zimmermann Patricia Zimmermann, Professor of Screen Studies and Co-director of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), and Dale Hudson, Associate Professor of Screen Studies, New York University Abu Dhabi and new media...
09/23: Panel Discussion on the World Theatrical Premiere of the documentary “America Street”
The Park Center for Independent Media and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) present an online discussion on "America Street, a feature-length documentary by Idrissou Mora-Kpai (Ithaca College) on Wednesday, September 23, at 4 p.m....
Indy Journalists: ‘We Are Not The New York Times — We Take Sides’
Four esteemed voices in media joined PCIM on July 29 to discuss recent changes in journalism amid pandemic and protest. Moderated by PCIM Director Raza Rumi, the conversation invited valuable perspectives from each of the four panelists: The Independent’s chief U.S....