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More About Amy Goodman and her
Ashland Events- April 23
On Saturday, April 23, Ashland’s Committee for Democracy Now!,
Peace House and local media reform groups will host a-
Benefit Book-signing Reception for Amy Goodman, the internationally known
journalist and executive producer of Democracy Now! at Southern Oregon
University’s Hannon Library, 3rd floor, 6:30 to 7:30 pm, $35 ($25
students) - includes a gift copy of Amy’s book, The Exception to
the Rulers.
Then, at SOU’s Britt Ballroom, 8 pm, Amy Goodman will present the
2004 video documentary “Independent Media in a Time of War”,
followed by a Public Lecture; $10 ($5 students).
Newscasting since 1985
Amy Goodman has served as producer and newscaster at Pacific Radio since
1985. In 1990 and 1991 she traveled to East Timor to report on the U.S.-backed
Indonesian occupation there. She and colleague Allan Nairn witnessed Indonesian
soldiers gun down 270 East Timorese. Their documentary, “Massacre:
The Story of East Timor,” won awards from the Associated Press,
UPI, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Democracy Now! emerged in 1996 as the only daily radio coverage of the
presidential election. Due to popular demand, it evolved into an ongoing
program from WBAI in New York City. In 2004, over 100 new broadcast outlets
were added!
Amy has been interviewed on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, C-SPAN, BBC and CBC
news. Rogue Valley residents can watch Democracy Now! on AFN cable-TV
(Ch. 81 Free Speech TV) and satellite TV (DISH and DIRECTV). DN! is also
available via streaming audio, streaming video, and text on their website
(www.democracynow.org), and a Daily Digest is available via email. No
Rogue Valley public radio stations currently carry Democracy Now!
Amy’s American Book Tour
In her evening lecture on April 23 in Ashland, Amy will delve into scandals
described in her book, The Exception to the Rulers, that expose “oily
politicians, war profiteers, and the media that love them.” Amy
says, “Americans care, but it’s tough to care when you don’t
know what’s going on. That ignorance is what war-makers count on
and what the corporate media delivers.”
Testimonials about Amy and Democracy Now!
“She’s not an editorialist. She sticks to the facts.
She’s not a Rush Limbaugh-type who is simply
letting her ideology drive what she does. 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?’ “
-Michael Delli Carpini, Dean,
Annenberg School for Communication,
Univ. of Penn.
“I love Democracy Now! because it enables
me to hear important voices, ideas,
and points of view that I am not
hearing anywhere else …(It) helps to
give me some needed balance.”
- Clarence Page, nationally syndicated
columnist, Chicago Tribune
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