Testimonials

Especially meaningful for first time mother with new baby My mother just sent me the link to your website. I am so grateful to read all of the good news! It's especially meaningful to me since I just had my first baby; I need to know there's hope for his future, and this site reminds me there is! So thank you. It will now be the first thing I read when I turn on the computer :) March 29, 2006

I think there needs to be a change of consciousness with the news ... to try to seek a higher ground. Why can't it be more representative of the way the world really is? I think we don't know what the bombardment of crime and violence does to our minds, I think we're in denial about it. - Oprah Winfrey

Are we supposed to be boosters or promoters? What are we supposed to be? Not destroyers of community; not extinguishers of hope. We need to think about our impact. We tend to say we don't have one; we just pass along the news. Readers say otherwise. - former Washington Post ombudsman, Geneva Overholser

I suffer from depression and paranoia. I feel like I can never truly be happy as I always get this sense of encroaching doom and most of my fears are heightened by media sensationalism. Your website is just what I need to focus. - Mike FINALLY! - Equila Phelps

"The key to the future of the world is finding optimistic stories and letting them be known." -Pete Seeger (1919 – 2014)

If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation. - Norman Cousins, editor of Saturday Review  

After being in several very depressing conversations with seemingly EVERYONE about the high price of gas, the state of the economy and upcoming presidential election, I don't think I've even smiled in a few days - until I found your site... You've gently reminded me that there is a lot in the world to smile about. Perspective is everything, and despite what appears in mainstream news, good does happen - a lot more than I was lead to believe. - Stacey Long, Hayward, CA

I was reading through all the negativity and stupidity this morning while drinking my coffee and something said, ‘how about some good news?’, so I typed in GOOD NEWS and found your site… Ahhh!  -John Longo Oh my, you’ve made my day! I can’t tell you completely how happy you’ve made me. -Dany

Sufferer of Depression and Paranoia Finds Hope With Good News and A Place to Focus Thank you so much for your website. I suffer from depression and paranoia, I feel like I can never truly be happy as I always get this sense of encroaching doom. I am not able to let my defenses down at the risk of feeling naive. Your website is just what I need to focus. Most of my fears are heightened by media sensationalism, which eventually boils down to being little more than hype. We all need hope for the future, or else what do we have to live for? Best wishes from South Africa Mike July 17, 2006

I've begun using your Good News stories as centerpieces to my Sunday sermons at church. A Christian message is one of "good news' and our congregants thrive hearing these news items from the real world. It takes our Christian message to a new height.  -Herb Pierson, Crystal Coast Unity Church, Morehead City, NC

I have found ... that people are thirsting for images of goodness in order to maintain their hope in a difficult world. Sometimes, the measure of our work as journalists is not the professional recognition of colleagues, but rather the mark we make in the hearts of readers who see our work. - Gerald Herbert, photojournalist

The Good News Network is an extremely important initiative. I recommend that each person makes it a habit to visit the website at least once a day. Positive information benefits us emotionally, physically, and mentally. It can contribute in a meaningful way to a happier and healthier life. - Tal Ben-Shahar, Harvard University psychology professor

I was just at one of the big news websites and thought "these people make it seem like the end of the world is coming."  Then I found you. - John

Your Top 10 good newsletter today was so good.  It lifted my spirits more than any other issue. A couple items even choked me up. People need to know the good stuff that is happening, to inspire them to greater heights. We need to know that our efforts are paying off, that we can build a paradise -- and we’re doing it. Thank you for singing this from the hilltops... a most valuable, important service.  -Tony Milch, Burbank, CA

I am just getting into the swing of things after some health concerns. Reading your site daily in the past few months was important for me and a great resource. I am back in fine form, and your site really helps me stay positive and focused on my business. It's exactly the type of effective positive strategy I teach in my seminars. - Gisèle Guénard RN BScN MEd, CEO of VisionarEase Inc., visionarease.com

I am a professor at Case Western reserve University and absolutely love your work--it is very significant. I would like to share your link at our website on Appreciative Inquiry. Thank you for your work!   -David Cooperrider

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about these things. - St. Paul

GNN has really changed the way I see the world. A few months ago I realized that I was getting really bogged down by all the terror and destruction that hit me first thing in the morning, and throughout my day. Now, with the Good News Network set as my homepage, I see first the good that goes on in the world and my attitude and state of mind are much better. - Brian Dicrocco

I was feeling so depressed and so I googled “good news” and found your site. It was so great! -Eileen Wow. Very Good Idea. -Justin What a relief to hear some of the positive things happening in the world. -Courtney Baird

With all the negativity in sports these days (i.e. Michael Vick, steroids, exorbitant contracts, etc.) I'm glad to see GNN come out with a sports section to report all of the good things that are happening in the world of sports.  Great for kids and adults to view the good side of sport celebrities. I love GNN.  It starts my day off in a great frame of mind.  -Jim G.