{{Short description|New York City newspaper}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Indypendent | logo = | logo_size = | logo_border = | logo_alt = | image = Indy Newsbox.jpg | image_size = | image_border = | image_alt = | caption = One of many ''Indypendent'' newsboxes located throughout New York City | motto = A Free Paper for Free People | type = Monthly newspaper | format = | school = | owner = The Indypendent, Inc. | founder = <!-- or |founders= --> | publisher = | president = | chief_editor = | editor = | deputy_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = <!-- or |managing_editor= --> | general_manager = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | custom_label = | custom_data = | founded = {{start date and age|2000}} | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = <!-- Use: {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | relaunched = | headquarters = | publishing_city = Brooklyn, New York | publishing_country = United States | circulation = | circulation_date = | circulation_ref = | readership = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | eISSN = | oclc = | RNI = | website = {{URL|https://indypendent.org}} | free = }} <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:InvisibleSoldier.jpg|thumb]] --> '''''The Indypendent''''' is a progressive newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is published monthly, distributed worldwide and is available for free throughout [[New York City]] and online. It currently prints 30,000 copies per issue, covering local, national and international news, food, cinema and culture. Reader donations comprise the bulk of ''The Indypendent''{{'}}s funding.
== History == Building on the [[Indymedia]] network and [[anti-globalization movement]] following the [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999]], New York City activists Heather Haddon and Ana Nogueira launched a four-page newspaper (''The Unst8ed'') in advance of the Sept. 8, 2000 U.N. Millennium Summit.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Coinciding with the founding of a local Indymedia chapter in New York, the paper focused on rising global opposition to unchecked corporate power. By its second issue the paper was renamed ''The Indypendent'', and sought to bring the journalism of Indymedia "offline" to those without internet access, to bridge the gap between local and global issues, and to inform members of both the activist and non-activist community.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Prior to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] ''The Indypendent'' focused largely, though not entirely, on local issues, examining the corporatization of New York public schools, the decimation of public space, and the placing of power plants in overwhelmingly poor areas of New York City.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Following 9/11, the paper increasingly covered international and national affairs, in addition to local issues.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} The paper increasingly grew in the physical sense, as well, reaching 24 pages in the days leading up to the 2002 [[World Economic Forum]] meetings in New York. In first days of the [[Iraq War]], the paper increased its publishing frequency and decreased its size in order to better deal with the surge of content.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} In the month before the [[2004 Republican National Convention]], the paper went color.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
== Organization and structure == ''The Indypendent'' is a volunteer-driven newspaper. It has two full-time staff members and relies on a core group of volunteers as well as a rotating cast of contributing writers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indypendent.org/?pagename=journalism-workshops |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014165515/http://www.indypendent.org/?pagename=journalism-workshops |archive-date=2006-10-14 |title=The Indypendent : Journalism Workshops}}</ref> John Tarleton is the current editor, Peter Rugh the associate editor, Frank Reynoso the illustration director, Mikael Tarkela the director of design, and Elia Gran the social media editor. Ellen Davidson, Alina Mogilyanskaya, Nicholas Powers, and Steven Wishnia are contributing editors to the paper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indypendent.org/about/masthead|title=Masthead {{!}} The Indypendent|website=indypendent.org|access-date=2017-03-31}}</ref>
== Awards and alumni activities ==
''The Indypendent'' has won numerous awards from the New York City Independent Press Association ("Ippies"), including 11 in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indypressny.org/Ippies2005winners.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208210433/http://www.indypressny.org/Ippies2005winners.htm |archive-date=2006-02-08 |title=FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Anthony Advincula}}</ref> Writer Sarah Stuteville won a 2004 [[James Aronson Award]] for Social Justice Journalism for her work with the ''Indypendent'' and has since founded the [[Common Language Project]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Most of the paper's volunteers are active within various elements of the New York City social justice community.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
== Reception == ''The Indypendent''{{′}}s June 2002 decision to expel one of its members for disruptive behavior caused great consternation in the network, though similar personality clashes have since become rather common within Indymedia. The paper was one of the first Indymedia projects to accept paid advertising, and it was also one of the first projects to formally pay its volunteers for their labor.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} The paper's wide-ranging acceptance of left-wing ideologies (including more traditionally leftist and [[Maoist]] viewpoints) has also been criticized by many [[anarchists]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
''The Indypendent'' has been heralded as the paper that those who miss the political reporting of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' should read for local news. The newspaper is considered one of the most reliable independent sources for off-the-beaten-path journalism in New York City, as reported by ''The Village Voice'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/11/07/how-local-reporting-really-is-the-first-draft-of-history/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114042255/https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/11/07/how-local-reporting-really-is-the-first-draft-of-history/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |title = Why Local Reporting Really Is the First Draft of History - The Village Voice|date = 7 November 2017}}</ref> ''The Indypendent'' was also celebrated by ''Democracy Now!'' with [[Amy Goodman]] — the most widely known Indymedia outlet — in 2019 as a newspaper that grew out of New York City Indymedia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/27/indymedia_independent_media_seattle_wto_1999 |title = "Don't Hate the Media, Be the Media": Reflections on 20 Years of Indymedia, a Radical Media Movement {{!}} Democracy Now!|website = [[Democracy Now!]]}}</ref> Other left-leaning publications across the city, country and world have re-published ''Indypendent'' articles, as the publication's reporters often cover topics that are not covered elsewhere.
In recent years, ''The Indypendent'' has taken on a more prominent role in reporting on election politics on the local, state and presidential level. In 2018, the publication was the first to have Congresswoman [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] on its cover. Later that year, New York Senator [[Julia Salazar]] would also make the cover, as noticed by ''[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/who-is-julia-salazar |title = Who Is Julia Salazar? Brooklyn State Senate Candidate's Complex Personal History and Views - Tablet Magazine|date = 23 August 2018}}</ref> During New York City's 2021 mayoral election, ''Indypendent'' reporter Theodore Hamm was mentioned by ''New York Magazine'' as having "followed the Brooklyn Democratic Party closely" based on his reporting for the ''Indy''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/eric-adams-allies-nyc-mayoral-race.html |title = NYC Mayoral Race 2021: The Company Eric Adams Keeps| date=17 June 2021 }}</ref>
== See also == *''[[Mule Newspaper]]'', Manchester-based independent media project
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==External links== * [http://www.indypendent.org/ ''The Indypendent'' official website] * [http://nyc.indymedia.org New York City Independent Media Center]
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