'Alternative Nobel' for 'Democracy Now's' Goodman

[Robbien]

Source: Village Times

The Right Livelihood Awards — sometimes referred to as the alternative Nobel Prizes — are presented annually in the Swedish Parliament. Stating in a press release that Amy Goodman is being honored "for developing an innovative model of truly independent political journalism," the award this year will be presented to Goodman and three other international figures: Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan from India, who received the award "for two long lifetimes of work dedicated to realising in practice the Gandhian vision of social justice and sustainable human development;" Asha Hagi of Somalia "for continuing to lead at great personal risk the female participation in the peace and reconciliation process in her war-ravaged country;" and Monika Hauser from Germany "for her tireless commitment to working with women who have experienced the most horrific sexualised violence in some of the most dangerous countries in the world…"

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The awards statement reads: "The media is sometimes called the fourth power in a democracy. But in many countries of the world, the media is today no longer willing or able to play this role. Instead it defers to commercial and political interests, thus eroding democracy. With "Democracy Now!," Amy Goodman has shown what the alternative to this dangerous trend can look like."

Born in 1957, Goodman graduated from Harvard in 1984 and became news director at New York radio station WBAI a few years later, where "Democracy Now!" began.

According to the Right Livelihood Awards statement, "Democracy Now! is the fastest growing independent news program in the USA. The show is now syndicated to more than 700 radio and TV, satellite and cable TV networks in North America … it is produced in such a way that the stories never rely on the pictures, which allows it to be sent out as a radio show on community radio stations all over the U.S."

In the statement Goodman called her program "trickle-up journalism," since its stories are often picked up by mainstream media outlets after being broadcast on "Democracy Now!"


Read more: http://www.threevillages.com/Articles-i-2008-10-16-76551.112114_Alternative_Nobel_for_Democracy_Nows_Goodman.html

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Goodman's first hand reporting of the Haiti coup is something I will never forget. Kudos to Amy!

[mirrera]

1. Her book "Exception to the Rulers" is great!

[aldo]

2. Please ask yourself what is a left gatekeeper?

http://www.leftgatekeepers.com/articles.htm

[Maat]

3. Please ask yourself if you are on the correct site.

If you'll notice down below, this site blathers on about the Illuminati, which makes it really credible ... NOT!

:rofl:

[LeftishBrit]

4. What a bizarre site

And full of far-from-progressive stuff: "ALL Illegals Must Be Rounded Up And Deported - NOW" (i.e. without due process?-Tom Tancredo would blush!); attacks on Tibet and the Dalai Lama; a link to WhatReallyNeverHappened; etc.

[dhpgetsit]

5. OK, they put Democracy Now on this strange "flow chart"

But I don't see how it has anything to do with the original post.

[dhpgetsit]

6. Hooray for Amy Goodman!

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