Good News Network is an American
online newspaper
An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the electronic publishing, online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical literature, periodical.
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which publishes exclusive news stories.
Overview
The website was launched in 1997 by Geri Weis-Corbley. It publishes uplifting news gathered from sources around the world.
The purpose is to share positive and encouraging stories,
as well as technology and health. Weis-Corbley says that it is a "clearinghouse for the gathering and dissemination of positive, compelling new stories.".
Content
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.
It tackles how positive reinforcement is meaningful, such as when a Canadian police department gives out positive tickets to citizens.
Good News Network published its 18,000th news story in January 2017.
The network also hosts the Good News Gurus Podcast which also focuses on positive news but in the podcast medium.
Readership
The site experiences increased traffic following difficult events, like the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...
.
There was also a 45% increase in readership when the bank bailouts began in 2008.
GoodNewsNetwork's articles are cited in books, including an article about how United States mayors are embracing the
Kyoto Protocol
The was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is oc ...
in a book about carbon reduction.
Funding
The company earns its revenue from online advertising on the site. Readers may also become members by contributing donations of between $2.00 – $500, and receive bonus downloadable gifts as a thank-you.
In popular culture
* Mentioned in ''Deadly Charm: An Amanda Bell Brown Mystery'' published in 2009 by Claudia Mair Burney.
See also
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Positive News
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Positivity effect
The positivity effect is the ability to constructively analyze a situation where the desired results are not achieved, but still obtain positive feedback that assists one's future progression.
Empirical research findings suggest that the posit ...
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Yes! (U.S. magazine)
References
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External links
GoodNewsNetwork's official website
Internet properties established in 1997
American news websites