Mother Jones Wins Izzy Award 

The nonprofit news organization Mother Jones has been named winner of the fifth annual Izzy Award, presented by the Park Center for Independent Media. The outlet was honored for publishing “major, timely stories and investigations throughout 2012 that had significant public impact.” Full release here.

The Izzy Award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, April 27, 2013, 7:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall (Campus Center). Mother Jones Washington bureau chief DAVID CORN (who exposed the infamous Mitt Romney 47% video), publisher STEVE KATZ, and environmental reporter KATE SHEPPARD (IC Park School of Communications alumna) will speak. All are welcome to this free event.

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The Park Center for Independent Media, launched in 2008, is a national center for the study of media outlets that create and distribute content outside traditional corporate systems and news organizations. Throughout history, technological and social upheaval have given rise to independent media voices. Today, independent media are growing amid crisis and conglomeration in mainstream journalism, and the rise of the Internet and new forms of media production and distribution. 

The Center's mission is to engage media producers and students in conversation about career paths in independent media, and financially viable ways to disseminate news and information. The center examines the impact of independent media institutions on journalism, democracy, and a participatory culture. Jeff Cohen is the founding director of PCIM. In spring 2010 Maura Stephens joined PCIM as associate director.