Mini-Project: Hand Coding Data

What admirable figure from history, or the present, motivates you toward positive personal and/or social change?

Amy Goodman has been a motivating person for me. Ms. Goodman is a journalist and host of Democracy Now. On her program, reports, intellectuals, and innovative leaders discuss what is happening and how society can make changes that benefit the collective.

What characteristics about this individual stand out?

Ms. Goodman is dedicated, compassionate, brave, ethical, and relentless. She is typically on every day giving citizens an alternative to corporate media, providing an invaluable service to society.

How do the actions of the person impact you?

Amy Goodman broadcasts every morning in an effort to inform anyone who wants to watch about current domestic and International issues and affairs. Ms. Goodman’s dedication to the truth, reminds me of the responsibility that intellectuals have to use their education in the service of the disadvantaged using a social justice perspective when in doubt of the right course of action.

In what ways you are similar to this person and what ways are you are different?

I am similar to Amy Goodman in that I believe in speaking truth to power and fighting for accountability while aspiring to the best that we can be through the attention and focus on the collective good.

I am different in that I do not have the venue to be as effective as I would like to be towards this goal.

How did this person’s actions impact the culture in which he or she lived?

Amy Goodman is a model in the journalistic community of integrity and strength of conviction to ethical reporting. Ms. Goodman interviews many who oppose the current status quo modeling the ethos of investigative journalism and by showing the importance of hearing and listening to different voices.

Is there a personal impact on your motivation, perspective(s) or goals due to this person’s achievements?

My personal motivation for research and my direction for ethical actions have been impacted by Ms. Goodman and the guests that I have witnessed for approximately 15 years. She is an amazing interviewer and a moral representative for all people and especially women to emulate.