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As a cosponsor, PCIM has helped present many other speakers to the Ithaca community, including Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar and independent filmmaker Fred Marx (“Hoop Dreams, “Boys to Men?”).
The Park Center for Independent Media has been bringing compelling speakers to campus since 2008.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
November 2009
Huffington met with IC students for a lively Q & A session on the future of journalism. The Huffington Post co-founder spoke of “a golden age for news consumers,” with bright prospects for young journalists despite an uncertain future for print newspapers. She also did a public lecture as 2009 Park Distinguished Visitor on “The Modern Journalism Paradox: The Best of Times Amidst the Worst of Times.” PCIM cosponsored her visit.
Huffington criticized mainstream journalism for largely missing the two big stories of the era: the Iraq invasion and the financial meltdown. She pointed toward a “hybrid future” where traditional media embrace the strengths of online media – “transparency, interactivity, and immediacy” – while new outlets adopt the best practices of old media: fairness, accuracy, high-impact investigative journalism.
See Ithacan report.