Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!
Genre	News program, current affairs
Running time	60 minutes daily (Monday thru Friday)
Home station	WBAI
Syndicates	Pacifica Radio (radio); WestLink (television)
Hosted by	Amy Goodman (principal host); Juan González (frequent co-host); Nermeen Shaikh (frequent co-host);
Produced by	Mike Burke
Executive producer(s)	Amy Goodman
Recording studio	New York City
Original release	February 19, 1996 –; present
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Opening theme	"Need to Know" by Incognito
Ending theme	"Kid You'll Move Mountains" by Manitoba
Website	democracynow.org
Podcast	Audio; Video

Democracy Now! is an hour-long TV, radio, and Internet news program based in Manhattan and hosted by journalists Amy Goodman (who also acts as the show's executive producer), Juan González,^[1]^[2] and Nermeen Shaikh. The show, which airs live each weekday at 8 a.m. Eastern Time, is broadcast on the Internet and via more than 1,400 radio and television stations worldwide.^[3]

The program combines news reporting, interviews, investigative journalism and political commentary from a progressive perspective. It documents social movements, struggles for justice, activism challenging corporate power and operates as a watchdog outfit regarding the effects of American foreign policy.^[2] Democracy Now! views as its aim to give activists and the citizenry a platform to debate people from "The Establishment".^[2] The show is described as progressive^[4] by fans as well as critics, but Goodman rejects that label, calling the program a global newscast that has "people speaking for themselves".^[1] Democracy Now! describes its staff as "includ[ing] some of this country's leading progressive journalists."^[5]

Democracy Now Productions, the independent media nonprofit organization that produces Democracy Now!,^[2] is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers,^[6] and foundations such as the Park Foundation,^[7] Ford Foundation,^[8] Lannan Foundation,^[9] and the J.M. Kaplan Fund.^[10]^[11] It has over $36 million in assets and about a $10 million annual budget.^[12] Democracy Now! does not accept advertisers, corporate underwriting or government funding.^[13] The show has become popular on the internet, and from the late 2010s onward, has been involved in pioneering extensive media cooperation in the public sphere across the US.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Stelter, Brian (October 23, 2011). "A Grass-Roots Newscast Gives a Voice to Struggles". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cite error: The named reference Marmura99 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Democracy Now Stations". Democracy Now. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
^ Fish 2017, p. 59.
^ "Staff". Democracy Now!. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ Grigoryan, Nune; Suetzl, Wolfgang (2019). "Hybridized political participation". In Atkinson, Joshua D.; Kenix, Linda (eds.). Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 185. ISBN 9781498584357. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^ Park Foundation – Grants Awarded – 1st Quarter 2020 Archived July 15, 2022, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), p. 6.
^ Ford Foundation Annual Report 2004 Archived February 13, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), p. 129.
^ ProPublica – Form 990 Return of Lannan Foundation 2008 Archived October 7, 2023, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), p. 148.
^ Sourcewatch (June 7, 2013) Kaplan Fund Archived August 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine – Center for Media and Democracy
^ Feldman, Bob (2007). Report from the Field: Left Media and Left Think Tanks – Foundation-Managed Protest? Archived September 21, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), pp. 11, 14.
^ "Democracy Now Productions (Democracy Now!)". InfluenceWatch. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "About Democracy Now". Democracy Now. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

[NYT-1] Stelter, Brian (October 23, 2011). "A Grass-Roots Newscast Gives a Voice to Struggles". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2011.

[Marmura99-2] Cite error: The named reference Marmura99 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[directory-3] "Democracy Now Stations". Democracy Now. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

[Fish59-4] Fish 2017, p. 59.

[5] "Staff". Democracy Now!. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

[GrigoryanSuetzl85-6] Grigoryan, Nune; Suetzl, Wolfgang (2019). "Hybridized political participation". In Atkinson, Joshua D.; Kenix, Linda (eds.). Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 185. ISBN 9781498584357. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

[7] Park Foundation – Grants Awarded – 1st Quarter 2020 Archived July 15, 2022, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), p. 6.

[8] Ford Foundation Annual Report 2004 Archived February 13, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), p. 129.

[9] ProPublica – Form 990 Return of Lannan Foundation 2008 Archived October 7, 2023, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), p. 148.

[10] Sourcewatch (June 7, 2013) Kaplan Fund Archived August 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine – Center for Media and Democracy

[11] Feldman, Bob (2007). Report from the Field: Left Media and Left Think Tanks – Foundation-Managed Protest? Archived September 21, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), pp. 11, 14.

[12] "Democracy Now Productions (Democracy Now!)". InfluenceWatch. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[aboutus-13] "About Democracy Now". Democracy Now. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

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