• Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now. She is also an author and syndicated weekly columnist for King Features Syndicate. Goodman was arrested outside of the Xcel Energy Center during the 2008 Republican Convention on charges of obstructing legal process and interfering with a peace officer.The Nation: Amy Goodman, Others Detained Outside RNC (September 1, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: April 13, 1957
  2. Occupation: Host of Democracy Now
  3. Democracy Now airs on over 700 radio stations
  4. Network: Pacifica Radio
  5. Style: Investigative journalism
  6. Alma mater: Harvard University
  7. Brother is David GoodmanThe Nation: Amy Goodman's Empire (May 5, 2005)
  8. Writes the column "Breaking the Sound Barrier"Seattlepi: Beyond the nine-second sound bite (November 5, 2006)
  9. 2007: Suffered from Bell's PalsyTruthdig: For Whom the Bell's Palsy Tolls (October 30, 2007)
  10. Narrator for the film One Bright Shining MomentIMDb: One Bright Shiny Moment

• Writing Credits

  1. Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times (2008)
  2. Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq (2007)
  3. Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (2007)
  4. Friendly Fire: The Remarkable Story of a Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq, Rescued by an Italian Secret Service Agent, and Shot by U.S. Forces (2006)
  5. The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (2005)
  6. Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup (2004)
  7. Corporate Governance: Law And Practice (2004)
  8. Censored 2004: The Top 25 Censored Stories (2003)
  9. Standing Up To the Madness Signed

• Awards

  • Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
  • George Polk Award
  • Overseas Press Club Award

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  Amy Goodman Arrested | Democracy Now | Roxana Saberi

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