Editing Democracy Now! (section)

== Background ==
[[File:Democracy Now Audio Podcast Cover.jpg|thumb|The ''Democracy Now!'' audio podcast cover artwork]]
''Democracy Now!'', also called ''Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report'', ''Democracy Now Independent Global News'', or ''Democracy News'', was founded on February 19, 1996, at [[WBAI]] in New York City by journalists [[Amy Goodman]], [[Juan González (journalist)|Juan González]], [[Larry Bensky]], [[Salim Muwakkil]], and Julie Drizin.<ref name=first_show>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/shows/1996/2/19 |title=The First Democracy Now! Show |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=March 5, 2008 |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517134845/https://www.democracynow.org/shows/1996/2/19 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Marmura99"/> It originally aired on five [[Pacifica Radio]] stations.<ref name=NYT /> Goodman is the program's principal host, with Juan González and [[Nermeen Shaikh]] as frequent co-hosts.<ref name=aboutus /> [[Jeremy Scahill]], an [[investigative reporter]] and co-founding editor for ''[[The Intercept]]'' and [[Drop Site News]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff: Jeremy Scahill |website=The Intercept |url=https://firstlook.org/theintercept/staff/jeremy-scahill/ |access-date=November 14, 2016 |archive-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140210214405/https://firstlook.org/theintercept/staff/jeremy-scahill/ |url-status=live }}</ref> has been a frequent contributor since 1997.<ref name=NYT />

The show covered the [[Seattle anti-globalization protests|Seattle protests]] (1999) targeting the [[World Trade Organization]].<ref name="Marmura99"/>

''Democracy Now!'' partnered with [[Free Speech TV]] (FSTV) and [[Deep Dish Television]] to cover the [[2000 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="Fish98">{{harvnb|Fish|2017|p=98.}}</ref> The event marked a turning point for ''Democracy Now!'', as in addition to its presence on radio, it became a television show.<ref name="Fish109">{{harvnb|Fish|2012|p=109.}}</ref> From then onward, ''Democracy Now!'' has had their content promoted and broadcast on FSTV.<ref name="Fish109118">{{cite thesis|last=Fish|first=Adam|year=2012|title=Reforming the American Public Sphere: The Media Reform Models of Progressive Television Journalists in the Era of Internet Convergence and Neoliberalism.|type=PhD|publisher=University of California|url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt2f79s7kh/qt2f79s7kh.pdf|access-date=February 24, 2020|pages=109, 118|archive-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225032246/https://escholarship.org/content/qt2f79s7kh/qt2f79s7kh.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Democracy Now!'' began broadcasting on television every weekday shortly after September 11, 2001, and is the only public medium in the U.S. that airs simultaneously on satellite and cable television, radio, and the internet.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/about/history |title=History & Highlights |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=June 16, 2013 |archive-date=June 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617004036/http://www.democracynow.org/about/history |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Democracy Now!'' has been critical of the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (TPP) trade deal.<ref name="Marmura100">{{harvnb|Marmura|2018|p=100.}}</ref> After data disclosures by the [[whistleblower]] organization [[WikiLeaks]] regarding the TPP in 2010, ''Democracy Now!'' has given a significant media platform and extensively covered them since, and like some other news networks cooperated with its leader [[Julian Assange]].<ref name="Marmur8799124">{{harvnb|Marmura|2018|pp=87, 99, 124.}}</ref> Coverage of WikiLeaks by ''Democracy Now!'' was sympathetic.<ref name="Marmura99100">{{cite book|last=Marmura|first=Stephen M. E.|title=The WikiLeaks Paradigm: Paradoxes and Revelations|year=2018|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319971391|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iE1tDwAAQBAJ&q=Democracy+Now%21&pg=PP5|pages=99–100|access-date=November 5, 2020|archive-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119194122/https://books.google.com/books?id=iE1tDwAAQBAJ&q=Democracy+Now!&pg=PP5#v=snippet&q=Democracy%20Now!&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, reporter Sharif Abdel Kouddous covered the [[Egyptian revolution of 2011|Egyptian revolution]] for ''Democracy Now!''.<ref name="Fish170">{{harvnb|Fish|2017|p=170.}}</ref>

On February 19, 2016, ''Democracy Now!'' marked 20 years on the air with an hour-long retrospective look back at "two decades of independent, unembedded news", with highlights chosen from over 5,000 episodes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Democracy Now! Turns 20: A Freewheeling Look Back at Two Decades of Independent, Unembedded News |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/19/democracy_now_turns_20_a_freewheeling |work=Democracy Now! |date=February 19, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2016 |archive-date=September 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909190601/http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/19/democracy_now_turns_20_a_freewheeling |url-status=live }}</ref> Amy Goodman also published a book entitled ''Democracy Now!: 20 Years Covering the Movements Changing America'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America |url=http://www.democracynow.org/books/democracy_now |access-date=September 6, 2016 |work=Democracy Now! |archive-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904124256/http://www.democracynow.org/books/democracy_now |url-status=live }}</ref> and launched a 100-city tour across the United States to mark the 20th anniversary of ''Democracy Now!'', with scheduled broadcasts of the show recorded during her travels.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amy Goodman on the Road: Updates on Democracy Now's 20th Anniversary 100-City Tour |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/13/amy_goodman_on_the_road_updates |work=Democracy Now! |date=April 13, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2016 |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219171957/https://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/13/amy_goodman_on_the_road_updates |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Studios ===
[[File:DCTV-DN-firehouse-800x600.jpg|thumb|From 2001 to 2009, the show was located in the [[Downtown Community Television Center|DCTV]] firehouse building (a converted firehouse) in New York City's [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]].]]
''Democracy Now!'' began as a radio program broadcast from the studios of [[WBAI]], a local [[Pacifica Radio]] station in New York City. In early September 2001, amid a months-long debate over the mission and management of Pacifica, ''Democracy Now!'' was forced out of the WBAI studios. Goodman took the program to the [[Downtown Community Television Center]] located in a converted firehouse building in New York City's [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]], where the program began to be televised.<ref name="Common Dreams">{{cite web |last1=Ratner |first1=Lizzy |title=Amy Goodman's 'Empire' How a prospective biochemist became a muckraker and champion of media reform |url=http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0506-22.htm |website=commondreams.org |access-date=July 23, 2014 |date=May 6, 2005 |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508002429/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0506-22.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez">{{cite web |title=Farewell to the Firehouse: After 8 Years at Downtown Community Television Landmark, Democracy Now! Moves to New Home |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/13/firehouse |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=February 8, 2014 |author=Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez |date=November 13, 2009 |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207182842/http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/13/firehouse |url-status=live }}</ref> Only a few days later on September 11, 2001 ''Democracy Now!'' was the closest national broadcast to [[Ground Zero#World Trade Center|Ground Zero]]. On that day Goodman and colleagues continued reporting beyond their scheduled hour-long time slot in what became an eight-hour marathon broadcast. Following [[9/11]], in addition to radio and television, ''Democracy Now!'' expanded their multimedia reach to include [[cable television|cable]], [[satellite radio]], Internet, and [[podcasts]].<ref name="Common Dreams" />

In November 2009, ''Democracy Now!'' left their broadcast studio in the converted DCTV firehouse, where they had broadcast for eight years, and moved to a repurposed graphic arts building in the [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] neighborhood of Manhattan.<ref name="Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez" /> In 2010, the new 8,500-square-foot<ref>{{cite web |title=Democracy Now! Broadcast Studio Targeting LEED-CI Platinum at 207 West 25th Street |url=http://www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/2009/07/06/democracy-now-broadcast-studio-targeting-leed-ci-platinum-at-207-west-25th-street/ |publisher=Green Buildings NYC |access-date=February 8, 2014 |date=July 6, 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032513/http://www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/2009/07/06/democracy-now-broadcast-studio-targeting-leed-ci-platinum-at-207-west-25th-street/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref> ''Democracy Now!'' studio became the first radio or television studio in the nation to receive [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED Platinum]] certification,<ref>{{cite web |last=Holland |first=Ben |title=Democracy Now! Goes Green |url=http://www.rmi.org/DemocracyNowGoesGreen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208145647/http://www.rmi.org/DemocracyNowGoesGreen |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |publisher=Rocky Mountain Institute |access-date=February 8, 2014 |date=August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LEED Certification—Democracy Now! |url=http://www.ers-inc.com/index.php/projects/sustainable-buildings/leed-certification-democracy-now |publisher=Energy Resource Solutions |access-date=February 8, 2014 |year=2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131052916/http://www.ers-inc.com/index.php/projects/sustainable-buildings/leed-certification-democracy-now |archive-date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> the highest rating awarded by the [[U.S. Green Building Council]].

=== Syndication ===
''Democracy Now!'' is the flagship program of the [[Pacifica Radio]] network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wbai.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=406&Itemid=42 |title=WBAI, New York&nbsp;– 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio&nbsp;– Democracy Now! |publisher=WBAI |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703170602/https://www.wbai.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=406&Itemid=42 |url-status=live }}</ref> It also airs on several [[NPR]] member stations. The television simulcast airs on [[public-access television]] and several [[PBS]] stations; by satellite on [[Free Speech TV]] and [[Link TV]], and [[free-to-air]] on [[C band (IEEE)|C Band]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/get_involved/satellite |title=Satellite |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=November 17, 2008 |archive-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516233745/https://www.democracynow.org/get_involved/satellite |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Fish6598">{{cite book|last=Fish|first=Adam|title=Technoliberalism and the end of participatory culture in the United States|year=2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319312569|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdKyDgAAQBAJ&q=Democracy+Now%21|pages=65, 98|access-date=November 5, 2020|archive-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119194032/https://books.google.com/books?id=SdKyDgAAQBAJ&q=Democracy+Now!#v=snippet&q=Democracy%20Now!&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Democracy Now!'' is also available on the Internet as downloadable and [[streaming]] audio and video.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/15/stream |title=Democracy Now! Listen/Watch Today's Show |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117192136/https://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/15/stream |url-status=live }}</ref> In total, nearly 1,400 television and radio stations broadcast ''Democracy Now!'' worldwide.<ref name="directory" /><ref name="Q&A">{{cite news |last1=Lamb |first1=Brian |title=Q & A with Amy Goodman |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?407176-1/qa-amy-goodman |access-date=September 10, 2016 |agency=C-SPAN |date=March 25, 2016 |quote=in the hallowed halls, they're not in touch |archive-date=July 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709164807/http://www.c-span.org/video/?407176-1/qa-amy-goodman |url-status=live }}</ref>