Positive News

Positive News
Type Quarterly magazine
Publisher Positive News Publishing Limited
Editor Seán Dagan Wood
Language English
Headquarters 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1RD
Circulation 60,000
Sister newspapers Positive News US, Positive News Hong Kong, Noticias Positivas (Argentina), Noticias Positivas (Spain)

Positive News is a constructive journalism magazine, reporting on people and initiatives that are creating a sustainable and fair world. It aims help create a more responsible and balanced media.

Format and circulation

Published in the UK, Positive News is a quarterly magazine with a circulation of 50,000 copies. It was originally printed in newspaper format. Sister editions are published independently in the US (circulation 40,000) and Hong Kong (circulation 5,000), with online-only versions also published in Argentina and Spain.[1] Positive News Argentina airs a weekly radio show hosted by Andrea Méndez Brandam.[2]

History

Positive News was founded in 1993 by Shauna Crockett-Burrows, who soon after established Positive News Trust, a charity promoting awareness of the achievements and ideas of young people.[3] Noticias Positivas was founded in Argentina in 2003 by Andrea Méndez Brandam, and in Spain in 2002 by the Positive News Association.

In 2015, Positive News ran a crowdfunding share offer to convert into a consumer co-operative. It raised over £250,000 and is now owned by 1526 readers, journalists and supporters.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.positivenews.org.uk
  2. ↑ http://noticiaspositivas.org/radio/programas/
  3. ↑ Wood, Seán. "Obituary, Shauna Crockett-Burrows". The Guardian (18 June 2012). Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Ponsford, Dominic (3 February 2016). "Positive News relaunches as magazine after £263k crowdfunding campaign". Press Gazette. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

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