GoodNewsNetwork

For the network of U.S. Christian radio stations, see Good News Network.
The Good News Network
Type of site
 News
Available in English
Owner Geri Weis-Corbley
Slogan(s) "News to Enthuse!"
Website www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
Registration Free
Launched 1997 (1997)
Current status Online

The Good News Network is an American online newspaper which publishes positive and uplifting news stories.

Overview

The website was launched in 1997 by Geri Weis-Corbley to publish uplifting news was gathered from sources around the world,[1] It shares positive and encouraging stories,[2][3] as well as stories about the fight to end diseases like ebola.[4] Weis-Corbley says that it is a "clearinghouse for the gathering and dissemination of positive compelling new stories," for a well-balanced perspective as opposed to a junk food diet of sensationalistic stories.[5]

In an article about Weis-Corbley, Tal Ben-Shahar, an expert on positive psychology and Harvard University lecturer, said that our perception of the world is warped by continual viewing of bad news. "While the media focuses on a small number of frauds—which it should certainly report on—it entirely ignores the millions or billions of honest transactions that take place every day... Too many people, assisted by the media bias, extrapolate from a few cases of people hurting others that human nature is bad."[1]

Content

It publishes stories and video from mainstream media, like NBC and CNN. Topics include health, early, civics, business, recreation, inspired, most popular, and good bites.[6] The site also publishes original content from authors and columnists, such as Desmond Tutu, David Ignatius, Jeanne Marie Laskas, David Suzuki and Karen Armstrong.[7]

An example of a positive story was one from 2009 about the kinds of jobs being created in solar and wind energy industries due to a stimulus package.[8] It tackles how positive reinforcement is meaningful, such as when a Canadian police department that gives out positive tickets.[9]

Readership

The site sees increased traffic following difficult events, like the September 11 attacks.[8] There was a 45% increase in readership when the bank bailouts began.[1]

GoodNewsNetwork's articles are cited in books, such as an article about how United States mayors are embracing the Kyoto Protocol in a book about carbon reduction.[10] GoodNewsNetwork is listed as a resource in the book Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing, by William C. Compton and Edward Hoffman, which was published in 2012.[11]

Funding

There is no advertising on the site. Readers may subscribe to obtain full-length stories of abstracted versions. GoodNewsNetwork also receives funding through donations.[6]

In popular culture

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dan Zak (March 21, 2009). "Good News Gets a Warm Welcome at These Web Sites". Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Scott Mandel (January 1, 1990). Wired Into Teaching Jewish Virtues. Behrman House, Inc. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-86705-070-7.
  3. ↑ Gisele Guenard (March 1, 2010). HELP! Healthy Thinking in Times of Trouble. iUniverse. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-4502-0209-1.
  4. ↑ T. Cvetkovski (September 1, 2015). The Pop Music Idol and the Spirit of Charisma: Reality Television Talent Shows in the Digital Economy of Hope. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-137-49446-7.
  5. ↑ Bob Hostetler (June 1, 2014). The Red Letter Life: 17 Words from Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practical, Purposeful Living. Barbour Publishing, Incorporated. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-63058-101-5.
  6. 1 2 Paul S. Piper (November 1, 2011). "Are You Having a Good News Week?". Searcher. Retrieved November 11, 2016 – via HighBeam.
  7. ↑ "About us". GoodNewsNetwork. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "GoodNewsNetwork: No Gloom, No Doom". NPR. March 17, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  9. ↑ Robert E. Quinn (August 24, 2015). The Positive Organization: Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-62656-563-0.
  10. ↑ Stephen A. Roosa; Arun G. Jhaveri (2009). Carbon Reduction: Policies, Strategies, and Technologies. The Fairmont Press, Inc. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-88173-604-5.
  11. ↑ William C. Compton; Edward Hoffman (February 3, 2012). Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing. Cengage Learning. p. 22. ISBN 1-133-70950-8.
  12. ↑ Claudia Mair Burney (March 24, 2009). Deadly Charm: An Amanda Bell Brown Mystery. Simon and Schuster. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-4391-5845-6.

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