A dedicated advocate for criminal justice reform, media ethics, and personal resilience
Amanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, and author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Waiting to Be Heard. Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit. Cast by the international media as a femme fatale, she was shamed and vilified on a global scale. She has emerged from those traumas more resilient than ever. She now advocates for criminal justice reform, ethical media, and shares her insights about post-traumatic growth. She sits on the advisory council for the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice and serves as an Innocence Network Ambassador.