She covered the Independence Movement of East Timor in the year 1991. She, along with her Allan Nairn was beaten by the soldiers from Indonesia after witnessing the Santa Cruz Massacre. She, along with her fellow journalist Jeremy Scahill documented the role of Chevron Corporation when villagers and Nigerian Army confronted regarding the seizing of the oil rigs in the year 1998. Their documentary “Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship” won the award in 1998. She worked as a News director for nearly 10 years in Pacific Radio Station. She was co-founder of “Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report” in the year 1996. The show was taken off air in the year 2001 due to some conflicts. It was resumed from again and it went on for broadcasting until November in 2009. In 2008, during the Republic National Convention, her colleagues were arrested for reporting about anti-war protest. She travelled to Canada for a meeting in Vancouver Public Library and she was detained for about 90 minutes at the border crossing at Douglas. She was released after giving a control document that she should leave Canada within 48 hours. She has received nearly a dozen of awards for her work. She received award for International reporting in the year 1993. She got George Polk award in the year 1998. She did not accept the “Overseas Press Club Award” in the year 1999. She received award by Council on American-Islamic Relations on 2nd October 2004. She received Thomas Merton Award on 18th November 2004. In 2008, she received Right Livelihood Award. She received the first Izzy award for her achievement in independent media on 31st March 2009. She was honored with Gandhi Peace Award. She has received honorary Doctors of Letters degree from DePauw University and Purchase College in the years 2012 and 2014 respectively. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism presented her with the lifetime achievement award in the year 2015 at Harvard. She has also narrated a film named as “One Bright Shining moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern” in the year 2006.The film focuses on how George McGovern failed his bid for presidency in the year 1972.

She is not very open about her personal life. Her biography on wiki also speaks about her profession only. She is married to Denis Moynihan. There has been no news about any problems between herself and her husband. Her estimated net worth is not published on any of the sites.