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Countering the mainstream at the Park Center for Independent Media.
Izzy Award
Winners of 2024 Izzy Award Announced | Ceremony on 4/23
The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College has announced that this year’s Izzy Award “for...
Izzy Award 2023
The winners of the 15th annual Izzy Award were The Lever, Mississippi Free Press, Carlos Ballesteros, and Liza Gross.
The Lever: “We Just Won Something Huge”
The Lever’s April 2 newsletter celebrates the outlet’s 2023 Izzy Award win.
Izzy Award 2022
The 14th honored The City, Block Club Chicago, Indigenously, and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Events
Winners of 2024 Izzy Award Announced | Ceremony on 4/23
The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College has announced that this year’s Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” will be shared by nonprofit news outlet In These Times for economic justice stories that centered workers;...
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 in the nation. Participating...
PCIM Opens Search for New Director
Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications is seeking a Director of the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) to oversee the operations and coordinate all activities of the Center. The Park Center for Independent Media initiates, facilitates, and...
PCIM on YouTube
Student Work
PCIM Interns Hone Journalistic Skills at Independent Outlets and Nonprofits
This summer, we were pleased to sponsor 10 Ithaca College students in their internships at independent news outlets and nonprofits across the country. The students, from various areas of study, found opportunities to develop skills and push for new ways to apply them...
2022 PCIM Interns Work at a Variety of Independent Institutions
Desiree Holz (Journalism, ’23) is the current marketing and public relations intern at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Desiree’s main responsibility this summer has been to create and manage the museum’s TikTok. She has been helping to write press...
The Indy Brief
The Indy Brief: Motherhood, Tech, and the Debt Ceiling
May 26, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of stories from writers and journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Edge Motherhood, Technology, and...
The Indy Brief: Film Uses Body Cams to Document Police Shooting
May 12, 2023 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief. Subscribe for a weekly selection of stories from writers and journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. Subscribe The Headlines The Izzy Award The 15th Annual Izzy...