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Amy Goodman
Actor, ProducerBorn April 13, 1957 (67 years)
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 broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet. 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". She is the author of six books, including the 2012 The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, and the 2016 Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America. In 2016, she was criminally charged with a riot in connection with her coverage of protests of the Dakota Access pipeline. This action was condemned by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The charges were dismissed by the North Dakota district judge on October 17, 2016.
In 2014 she was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard University's Nieman Foundation.
Since 1996, she has been the main host of Democracy Now!, a progressive global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet. 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". She is the author of six books, including the 2012 The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, and the 2016 Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America. In 2016, she was criminally charged with a riot in connection with her coverage of protests of the Dakota Access pipeline. This action was condemned by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The charges were dismissed by the North Dakota district judge on October 17, 2016.
In 2014 she was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard University's Nieman Foundation.
Filmography
| 2022 | This Place Rules · as Self - Host, Democracy Now! |
| 2022 | Shirin Ebadi: Until We Are Free · as Self |
| 2021 | Simulacros de liberación · as Self |
| 2021 | End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock · as Self - Journalist |
| 2020 | Coded Bias · as Self - Co-Host, Democracy Now! |
| 2020 | The Big Scary 'S' Word · as Self - Democracy Now! |
| 2020 | A Thousand Cuts · as Self |
| 2019 | Planet of the Humans · as Self - Host, Democracy Now! |
| 2019 | The Great Hack · as Self |
| 2017 | Stare Into the Lights My Pretties · as Self - Host Of Dn! |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Who Is Arthur Chu? · as Self - Host, Democracy Now! |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Risk · as Self |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone · as Self, Host And Executive Producer, Democracy Now! |
| 2013 | Hit & Stay · as Self |
| 2012 | Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary · as Self |
| 2012 | Shadows of Liberty · as Self - Host Of 'democracy Now!', Author & Journalist |
| 2012 | Owned & Operated · as Self |
| 2011 | Thrive: What on Earth Will It Take? · as Self |
| 2011 | Programming the Nation? · as Self |
| 2009 | Crude · as Self - Democracy Now |
| 2008 | Split: A Divided America · as Self |
| 2008 | The End of America · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Crude Impact · as Self |
| 2006 | Independent Intervention · as Self - Host Of Democracy Now! |
| 2005 | The Peace! DVD · as Self |
| 2005 | USA the Movie · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | XXI Century (TV Series) · as Self - Democracy Now |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger · as Self |
| 2002 | VPRO Backlight (TV Series) · as Self - Presentatrice Democracy Now! |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Herself - Host |
| 1997 | Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Reliable Sources (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1983 | Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1972 | Bill Moyers Journal (TV Series) · as Self |