Amy Goodman

Breaking the Sound Barrier

Amy Goodman is an award-winning investigative journalist and host of “Democracy Now!” which airs on more than 800 public television and radio stations. She is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Peace 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.”

A nationally syndicated columnist, Goodman is the author of four New York Times bestsellers. Her latest is Breaking the Sound Barrier; 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. Gutsy truth-exposing Amy Goodman breaks through corporate media lies, sound-bites and silence with passionate reporting as the host of “Democracy Now!” In her latest bestseller, Breaking the Sound Barrier, Goodman proves the power of independent journalism in the struggle for a better world. Join her as she shares the extraordinary stories of ordinary people — from community organizers in New Orleans, to the victims of torture and police violence, to those struggling to survive in Haiti — who stand up, speak out, and succeed in creating positive social change.