Amy Goodman - November 2009

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, dropped in at Vancouver Co-op Radio for a quick interview with Robin Puga.

Ms Goodman begins the interview on the subject of independent media and its necessary role in a functioning democracy. She describes how Democracy Now! finds its support from people seeking grass roots knowledge and independent facts. And she shares her optimism for the future of independent media in the United States, in Canada and around the world.

Ms Goodman was on promotional tour for her new book Breaking the Sound Barrier.
"You can learn more of the truth about Washington and the world from one week of Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! than from a month of Sunday morning talk shows. Make that a year of Sunday talk shows. That's because Amy, as you will discover on every page of this book, knows the critical question for journalists is how close they are to the truth, not how close they are to power." ~ From the Preface by Bill Moyers

 

If you are not familiar with Amy Goodman's work, I encourage you to find our more about her and her projects.

Amy Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist and author.

A 1984 graduate of Harvard University,[1] Goodman is best known as the principal host of Democracy Now!, a public radio/television/internet news program.

Coverage of the peace and human rights movements — and support of the independent media — are the hallmarks of her work. Michael Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, said, "She's not an editorialist. She sticks to the facts... She provides points of view that make you think, and she comes at it by saying, 'Who are we not hearing from in the traditional media?'"[2]

As an investigative journalist, she has received acclaim for exposés of human rights violations in East Timor and Nigeria. Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award.

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