The Edge
Countering the mainstream at the Park Center for Independent Media.
Izzy Award
Izzy Award 2012
The fourth annual Izzy Award honored in 2012 correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous and the Center for Media and Democracy.
Izzy Award 2011
The third annual Izzy Award was presented in 2011 to independent journalist Robert Scheer and indy magazine City Limits.
Izzy Award 2010
The second annual Izzy Award was presented in 2010 to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill for news on military contractors.
Izzy Award 2009
The inaugural Izzy Award was presented in 2009 to blogger Glenn Greenwald and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman.
Events
4/27 Izzy Award Ceremony Honors The Lever, Mississippi Free Press, and Journalists Carlos Ballesteros and Liza Gross
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PCIM Summer Internship Applications Now Open
Independent Media Summer Internship Opportunity The Park Center for Independent Media sponsors a summer internship program each year aimed at giving justice-oriented students the opportunity to work at independent/progressive media institutions and advocacy nonprofits...
PCIM to Co-Host a Variety of Events with Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival is celebrating its 26th year and will host a variety of film screenings, speakers, concerts, and talkbacks. The 2023 edition of the festival runs from March 20 through the first week of April. The festival will be...
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Student Work
Internship: Madison Fernandez at The Ithaca Voice
Madison Fernandez '21 (Journalism) has been working with The Ithaca Voice, where she's been pitching and writing lots of stories—around 40 her first month. Her favorites covered the new Odyssey Bookstore, where she conducted her first socially-distanced in-person...
Internship: Ella Krings at Veverka Bros. Productions
Ella Krings '21 (Documentary Studies) has been interning for Veverka Bros. Productions this summer. She is currently editing a 30-minute episode about specialty fireworks in Japan that will be featured on the upcoming season of "Passfire: The Series."
The Indy Brief
The Indy Brief: Ukrainian Journalists Reporting Amidst Bombs
January 20, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of news stories from journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Izzy Award Nominations Open for Annual...
Land Acknowledgements Aren’t ‘Woke Indoctrination’
January 13, 2022 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of news stories from journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Izzy Award Nominations Now Open for...