Smiles are contagious – lets spread them around!
Posted: 18th Mar 2020
Fed up with the daily doom and gloom?
With all the negativity at the moment make sure you are soaking in some of the good. Looking for some good news instead? Here’s our 5 favourite positive vibes only news outlets. Smiles are just as contagious as germs, make sure you are being positively infectious.
1) The Happy Newspaper
Emily Coxhead’s The Happy Newspaper is a platform for sharing positive news and wonderful people. The first issue launched in December 2015 and released quarterly ever since, featuring happy news collected over a period of three months. The newspaper is a 32-page publication organised chronologically, with news articles arranged month by month and also has an entire section dedicated to Everyday Heroes: people, groups or organisations nominated by readers to feature in the paper because they add a bit of sunshine to the world.
How to contact: thehappynewspaper@gmail.com
Website: https://thehappynewspaper.com/
2)Positive News
Published by Seán Dagan Wood and edited by Lucy Purdy, Positive News is a cooperative with any surplus made reinvested in its journalism. Published four times a year in January, April, July and October, the current affairs magazine covers stories of environmental and social progress through independent reporting.
How to contact: newsdesk@positive.news
Website: https://www.positive.news/
3) The Rooftop
Also web-based, The Rooftop launched in 2018 to help charities and campaigners share their positive stories with the public. The Rooftop features daily positive news on the site and via social channels and is funded by social enterprise Campaign Collective.
How to contact: editor@therooftop.news
Website: https://therooftop.news/
4) The Happy Hood
The Happy Hood is a print magazine that only features good news, and focuses on Northampton. Founded by Laura Graham and Paige Taylor, the community magazine has just celebrated its first birthday, with the fifth issue now out. It is available to buy online and from independent shops in Northampton.
How to contact: thehappyyouproject@gmail.com
Website: https://thehappyyouproject.bigcartel.com/
5) The Good News Network
The Good News Network has been spreading positive vibes since 1997. Millions of people have turned to the Good News Network® as an antidote to the barrage of negativity experienced in the mainstream media.
How to contact: thehappyyouproject@gmail.com
Website: https://thehappyyouproject.bigcartel.com/
