Amy Goodman is an award-winning investigative journalist and syndicated columnist, author and the host of Democracy Now! airing on more than 800 public television/radio stations worldwide.   Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize" for "developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media."  The Independent of London named Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! "an inspiration"; http://pulsemedia.org/" target="_blank">pulsemedia.org placed Goodman at the top of their 20 Top Global Media Figures.
 
Goodman is the author of four New York Times bestsellers.  Her latest book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, proves the power of independent journalism in the struggle for a better world.  She co-authored the first three bestsellers, Standing Up to the Madness, Static, and The Exception to the Rulers, with her brother, journalist David Goodman.