Goodman was known for never asking for a raise or promotion. He started his career as a reporter working $3 a week for The Glasgow Daily Times. He attended Western Kentucky State Teachers College from 1939 to 1942 as an economics major. He left in 1943 to join the United States Army and served for a few months. After serving in the Army, he moved to Washington. He graduated from George Washington University in 1948. Here he met William McAndrew and was given a job for the night news desk. He produced the second Kennedy-Nixon debate. ==Family==
Family
Goodman was married to his wife Betty Davis, who was also from Kentucky. They married in 1946. Together they had four children, John, Jeffrey, Gregory, and Julie, along with six grandchildren. ==Death==
Death
Goodman died on July 2, 2012, at his home in Juno Beach, Florida, at the age of 90. The cause of his death was from kidney failure. ==Accolades==