Editing Democracy Now! (section)

== Awards and reception ==
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''Democracy Now!'' and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the [[Gracie Award]] from [[Alliance for Women in Media|American Women in Radio & Television]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kingfeatures.com/2007/03/amy-goodman-wins-gracie-award%C2%AE-from-american-women-in-radio-television/ |title=Amy Goodman Wins Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television |publisher=King Features |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120050710/http://kingfeatures.com/2007/03/amy-goodman-wins-gracie-award%C2%AE-from-american-women-in-radio-television/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[George Polk Award]] for its 1998 radio documentary ''[[Drilling and Killing]]: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship'', on the [[Chevron Corporation]] and the deaths of two Nigerian villagers protesting an oil spill;<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Univ-Ctr-PR/Pre-2008/February/GP-Press-Release-Feb-1999.aspx |title=Long Island University Announces Winners of 1998 George Polk Awards |publisher=Long Island University |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005505/http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Univ-Ctr-PR/Pre-2008/February/GP-Press-Release-Feb-1999.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and Goodman with [[Allan Nairn]] won Robert F. Kennedy Memorial's First Prize in International Radio for their 1993 report, ''Massacre: The Story of East Timor'', which involved first-hand coverage of [[genocide]] during the [[Indonesian occupation of East Timor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/1993 |title=25th Annual Awards – 1993 |publisher=Robert F Kennedy Memorial |access-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040958/http://www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/1993 |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>

On October 1, 2008, [[Amy Goodman#Awards and honors|Goodman was named]] as a recipient of the 2008 [[Right Livelihood Award]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rightlivelihood.org/goodman.html |title=Amy Goodman |work=Right Livelihood Award |year=2008 |access-date=April 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050530/http://www.rightlivelihood.org/goodman.html |archive-date=July 8, 2009}}</ref> in connection with her years of work establishing ''Democracy Now!'' and in 2009, she, like her frequent guest [[Glenn Greenwald]], was awarded the first annual Izzy Award (named after journalist [[I. F. Stone|I. F. "Izzy" Stone]]) for "special achievement in independent media".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2646 |title=Glenn Greenwald And Amy Goodman Share Inaugural Izzy Award For Independent Media |access-date=March 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305151154/http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2646 |archive-date=March 5, 2009 |date=April 3, 2009 |website=Ithaca College Office of Media Relations }}</ref> Her co-host Juan González was inducted into the New York chapter of the [[Society of Professional Journalists]]' Hall of Fame on November 19, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title= List of Hall of Fame Honorees |url=http://www.deadlineclub.org/about-dc/deadline-club-hall-of-fame/list-of-hall-of-fame-honorees |website=Deadline Club |access-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222200927/http://deadlineclub.org/about-dc/deadline-club-hall-of-fame/list-of-hall-of-fame-honorees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Deadline Club's Hall of Fame |url=http://www.deadlineclub.org/about-dc/deadline-club-hall-of-fame |website=Deadline Club |publisher=NY Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists |access-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222200922/http://deadlineclub.org/about-dc/deadline-club-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>