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| Genre | News program, current affairs |
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| Running time | 60 minutes daily (Monday thru Friday) |
| Home station | WBAI |
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| 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 | www |
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.
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- ^ 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.