News Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:56:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png News Archives - Positive News 32 32 The free online course that teaches you how to decode the media https://www.positive.news/society/media/the-online-course-that-teaches-you-how-to-decode-the-media/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:07:59 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=407011 A news literacy course is helping people navigate the media, so they feel reliably informed and empowered to act

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]]> ‘It’s time to break the bad news bias’ https://www.positive.news/society/its-time-to-break-the-bad-news-bias/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:49:46 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=395073 With research revealing more people are avoiding the news, it’s time the media gave more coverage to what’s going right

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]]> New issue of Positive News magazine offers respite in uncertain times https://www.positive.news/perspective/editors-letter/new-issue-of-positive-news-magazine-offers-respite-in-uncertain-times/ Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:41:38 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=317191 From sustainable farming to navigating consent post-Me Too, the latest edition of Positive News explores stories of progress beyond Covid-19

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]]> ‘There is so much positive in life’ https://www.positive.news/society/there-is-so-much-positive-in-life/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:26:19 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=307338 Positive News reader Ann Barnes explains what writing to an inmate on death row in the US taught her

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]]> ‘I want to inform, encourage and empower more people to sing together’ https://www.positive.news/society/i-want-to-inform-encourage-and-empower-more-people-to-sing-together/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:42:09 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=258460 Positive News subscriber James Sills explains why the magazine resonates with him, and how his work in community singing has similarly positive reverberations

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]]> What went right? July–September 2019 https://www.positive.news/world/what-went-right-july-september-2019/ Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:14:18 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=247807 Amazon wildfires and political disarray were among the major headlines this summer. But from a new record in renewable energy, to defeating a deadly disease, there was also plenty to be positive about

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]]> The inspiration next door: could co-housing make us better citizens, asks Positive News magazine https://www.positive.news/society/media/the-inspiration-next-door-the-new-issue-of-positive-news-magazine/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:34:57 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=243518 From making decisions by consensus to pulling together in a crisis, the Oct–Dec 2019 issue of Positive News magazine examines what co-housing communities can teach us about being better citizens

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]]> ‘There’s a real need for the good in the world to be reported’ https://www.positive.news/society/theres-a-real-need-for-the-good-in-the-world-to-be-reported/ Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:07:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=233510 Jas Hothi realised the impact the daily mainstream news was having on him. He describes discovering Positive News as a ‘breath of fresh air’

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]]> A love song for the UK: latest issue of Positive News magazine celebrates what the UK can be proud of https://www.positive.news/opinion/a-love-song-for-the-uk-latest-issue-of-positive-news-magazine/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:16:46 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=220377 The post A love song for the UK: latest issue of Positive News magazine celebrates what the UK can be proud of appeared first on Positive News.

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]]> As Brexit coverage drives people to avoid the news, Positive News magazine highlights the ‘United Kingdom of Solutions’ https://www.positive.news/society/as-brexit-coverage-drives-people-to-avoid-the-news/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:34:06 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=219423 More than a third of people in the UK are avoiding the news because it is too negative, divisive and makes them feel powerless, finds a new report, reflecting a similar trend worldwide. Positive News magazine responds with a special focus on the social and environmental progress happening in the UK

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