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Amy Goodman
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Amy Goodman is an American columnist, radio producer, writer, and television producer. Born on April 13, 1957, in Washington, D.C., she was educated at Radcliffe College. Her notable work includes Democracy Now!, and she has written for The Nation. She speaks English and Spanish.
Goodman is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has received the Right Livelihood Award, the George Polk Award, the Gandhi Peace Award, and the EFF Award. Her other works include Standing up to the madness, Getting Haiti right this time, En La Cama Con El Enemigo, and The Silenced Majority.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Democracy now!
- Standing up to the madness
- Getting Haiti right this time
- En La Cama Con El Enemigo
- The Silenced Majority
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Film & TV
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Her investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement, Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara, and Chevron Corporation's role in Nigeria. Since 1996, she has been the main host of Democracy Now!, a progressive global news program…
Known for
- Steal This Story, Please! — Self2026
- I Get Knocked Down — Self2023
- Post Truth Times2018
- Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media — Self2018
- Risk — Self2017
- All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone — Self - Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!2016
- Programming the Nation? — Self2011
- Crude — Self - Democracy Now2009
- The End of America — Self (archive footage)2008
- Massacre: The Story of East Timor — Amy Goodman2008
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1957-04-13 ) April 13, 1957 (age 69) , Bay Shore, New York , U.S.
- Education
- College of the Atlantic , Radcliffe College ( BA )
- Awards
- Right Livelihood Award
- Show
- Democracy Now!
- Network
- Pacifica Radio
- Style
- Investigative journalism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Amy
- Family name
- Goodman
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Amy Goodman, 2010 (cropped).jpg
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- Amy Goodman
- date of birth
- 1957-04-13
- name in native language
- Amy Goodman
- has written for
- The Nation
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Since 1996, Goodman has been the main host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program that she co-founded; it is broadcast daily and syndicated nationally on radio, television, and the Internet, including transcription. On the award-winning program, Goodman elevates voices and perspectives rarely covered in US corporate media. Highlights of Goodman's investigative journalism career include coverage of the Santa Cruz massacre and the East Timor independence movement, the Chevron Corporation's assistance to armed forces in Nigeria, the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests and anti-globalization activism, the American political prisoner in Peru Lori Berenson, and the US-backed 2004 Haitian coup d'état.
She has received awards for her work, including the Thomas Merton Award in 2004, a Right Livelihood Award in 2008, and an Izzy Award in 2009 for "special achievement in independent media". In 2012, Goodman received the Gandhi Peace Award for a "significant contribution to the promotion of an enduring international peace".
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