July 04, 2025

The 2025 “Izzy” Awards

2 minutes

Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s program, which consists of audio excerpts from the 2025 “Izzy” Awards. Named after the famous muckraking reporter / publisher I.F. “Izzy” Stone, the annual awards honor outstanding work in independent journalism. More information on the award recipients can be found at www.parkindymedia.org/izzy-award-2025. Mickey Huff hosted the awards ceremony, which took place this past spring at Ithaca College. In this Project Censored Show, we hear the words of some of the award recipients, award judges, guest presenters, and other allies of independent media.

Victor Pickard teaches media studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Jeff Cohen is the founder of the Park Center for Independent Media.

Maya Schenwar and Lara Witt are the cofounders of the Movement Media Alliance.

Michael Stoll is executive director of the San Francisco Public Press.

Steve Mellon is a reporter with the Pittsburgh Union Progress.

Robin Andersen is professor emerita of communications at Fordham University.

Mohammed Mhawish is an independent journalist who covers his native Gaza;

his work has been published in the Nation, and elsewhere.

The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy.

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