Amy Goodman is an investigative journalist and reporter serving as the main host of Democracy Now!, an independent internet news program that has amassed widespread acclaim for its focus on social activism and its coverage and critique of corporate influence and American foreign policy. She is the author of six books and has received numerous accolades for her work, including the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting (1993), the George Polk Award (1998), the Gandhi Peace Award (2012), and the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence (2014).