The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College will present the 13th annual Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” on Tuesday, April 27, at 7:00 p.m. EDT.
The ceremony will honor the winners, who will each discuss their intrepid work in 2020. The recipients are Truthout, represented by Editor-in-Chief Maya Schenwar; Liliana Segura; and Tim Schwab.
Book launch with Brian Winston and Matthew Winston
(Co-sponsored with FLEFF)
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Winston and Winston will discuss their recently published book, The Roots of Fake News: Objecting to Objective Journalism. The book argues that ‘fake news’ is not a problem caused by the power of the internet, or by the failure of good journalism to assert itself. Rather, it is within the news’s ideological foundations – professionalism, neutrality, and most especially objectivity – that the true roots of the current ‘crisis’ are to be found.
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The Park Center for Independent Media is hosting a panel discussion following the results of election 2020 on Wednesday, November 18, at 7–8:30 p.m. EST. This election yielded record turnout and confirmed the deep polarization among American voters. Our panelists will discuss voting trends, narrow margins in many states, and if the impacts of COVID-19, racial injustice, and the economic downturn affected electoral behavior. The evening will explore what lies ahead, from the January transition of power to key issues facing the American public.
To celebrate excellence in independent media from 2019, the Park Center for Independent Media will host the 12th Izzy Award on October 28 at 6:00 p.m. EDT. The 45-minute ceremony, hosted by PCIM Director Raza Rumi, will feature a speech from each of the three award recipients.
The Park Center for Independent Media and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival are organizing a panel discussion on September 23 for the world theatrical premiere through Cinemapolis of the documentary “America Street” by acclaimed West African filmmaker and Ithaca College professor Idrissou Mora-Kpai.
Wednesday, September 23, at 4 p.m. (EDT).
PCIM will host the Freedom of the Press Foundation at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19. Parker Higgins, Director of Special Projects, will discuss how the non-profit organization protects, defends, and empowers public-interest journalism in the 21st century.