The Fifth Annual Izzy Awards

Last night, the fifth annual Izzy Award was presented to Mother Jones. David Corn, Washington bureau chief, released a video this past year of Mitt Romney's 47 percent video. Mother Jones's coverage of this exemplifies the necessity for independent media outlets. Without independent outlets such as Mother Jones, controversial issues would not be covered in depth, and important information that is overlooked by the mainstream media would not reach the public.

I was honestly disappointed in the turn out for the Izzy Awards. The audience mostly consisted of residents of Ithaca, I'm assuming, but I did not see many students in attendance. I wish the independent media community was bigger at Ithaca College, and that there was more support. The Izzy Awards are fairly new, having only been around for five years, but I would like to see a bigger crowd of students at the awards next year. The Ithacan quoted Professor Cohen talking about how "When you see the kind of impact that independent media is having, it makes you realize that independent media is more important than ever." Mother Jones is the example of this, and I hope to see the Ithaca College community develop interest in this.