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GoodNewsNetwork

Good News Network is an American online newspaper which publishes exclusive news stories.

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The Good News Network
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish
OwnerGeri Weis-Corbley
URLwww.goodnewsnetwork.org
RegistrationFree
Launched1997 (1997)
Current statusOnline

Good News Network is an American online newspaper 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.1 The purpose is to share positive and encouraging stories,23 as well as technology and health. Weis-Corbley says that it is a "clearinghouse for the gathering and dissemination of positive, compelling new stories."4

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.5 It tackles how positive reinforcement is meaningful, such as when a Canadian police department gives out positive tickets to citizens.6

Good News Network published its 18,000th news story in January 2017.7

The network also hosts the Good News Gurus Podcast which also focuses on positive news but in the podcast medium.8

Readership

The site experiences increased traffic following difficult events, like the September 11 attacks.5 There was also a 45% increase in readership when the bank bailouts began in 2008.1

GoodNewsNetwork's articles are cited in books, including an article about how United States mayors are embracing the Kyoto Protocol in a book about carbon reduction.9

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.1011

  • Mentioned in Deadly Charm: An Amanda Bell Brown Mystery published in 2009 by Claudia Mair Burney.12
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Zak, Dan (March 21, 2009). "Good News Gets a Warm Welcome at These Web Sites". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  2. Mandel, Scott (January 1, 1990). Wired Into Teaching Jewish Virtues. Behrman House, Inc. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-86705-070-7.
  3. Guenard, Gisele (March 1, 2010). HELP! Healthy Thinking in Times of Trouble. iUniverse. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-4502-0209-1.
  4. Hostetler, Bob (June 1, 2014). The Red Letter Life: 17 Words from Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practical, Purposeful Living. Barbour Publishing, Inc. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-63058-101-5.
  5. "GoodNewsNetwork: No Gloom, No Doom". NPR. March 17, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  6. Quinn, Robert E. (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.
  7. "Milestone: We Just Published Our 18,000th Good News Story!". Good News Network. December 29, 2016.
  8. "The Good News Gurus Podcast". Good News Network. March 16, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  9. Roosa, Stephen A.; Jhaveri, Arun G. (2009). Carbon Reduction: Policies, Strategies, and Technologies. The Fairmont Press, Inc. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-88173-604-5.
  10. Piper, Paul S. (November 1, 2011). "Are You Having a Good News Week?". Searcher. Vol. 19, no. 9.
  11. "Membership". Good News Network.
  12. Burney, Claudia Mair (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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