Amy Goodman

PAC 8 News:

Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman will speak at a fundraiser for PAC 8 Community Media Center as part of a national speaking tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the daily, independent, global TV/Radio news hour and launch a new book, Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America.

Joining her in Los Alamos will be her co-author and colleague Denis Moynihan.

Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author. Goodman’s investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement and Chevron Corporation’s role in Nigeria. Since 1996, Goodman has hosted Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Thomas Merton Award in 2004, a Right Livelihood Award in 2008, and an Izzy Award in 2009 for “special achievement in independent media”. In 2012, Goodman received the Gandhi Peace Award for a “significant contribution to the promotion of an enduring international peace”. Goodman is the author of six books.

Tickets are $20, which includes a box lunch from Pig and Fig. Eight VIP seats are available for $75. Tickets are available from PAC 8 or CB FOX (no credit cards please at CB FOX). The event begins at noon, April 26 at Wallace Hall (Building 5) at UNM-LA, 4000 University Dr. Goodman and Moynihan will sign copies of their book after the event.

For further information, call Jean Gindreau at 505.662.7228 or email her at pac8@losalamos.com.