Press Clips and Publicity

By Good News Network Friday, February 03, 2006

About Us - About Us

The Examiner, Feb 16, 2011
Good News For a Change

Rolling Stone magazine, June 6, 2009
Featured on the 2009 Hot List - Hot Internet (p. 89)

CBS Evening News, March 26, 2009
Katie Couric's Notebook (Video)
"The Good News Network is devoted to all the good news that's fit to print... When the headlines seem bleak, it's nice to know that some really GOOD news is just a mouse click away."

NPR's All Things Considered, March 17, 2009
GoodNewsNetwork: No Gloom, No Doom (4-min audio interview)
"Weis-Corbley thinks an alternative to the grim fare offered by major news outlets is essential. And traffic is up."  — Michelle Norris

The Washington Post, March 21, 2009
For Diversion, Many Download the Uplift
"There are other Web sites that aggregate good news from around the world, but few are as current, well kept and newsy as hers. She's out to prove that good news sells... a Good News guru." — Dan Zak

Fox TV Morning Show, March 20, 2009
Live Interview via satellite with KTVU Ross McGowan in San Francisco (No link yet)

Toronto Globe and Mail, March 12, 2009
Recession got you down? C'mon get happy
"It has taken a financial crisis to spur an appetite for good news." — Omar El Akkad

Frederick News Post, March 29, 2009
"We think we can learn something from Weis-Corbley, not only about how we pay attention, but what we pay attention to. — The Fine Print Op-Ed

Washington Post Radio, Sept 6, 2007
Morning drive time interview

Radio Interviews 2007-2008
WBIG- Chicago; CKLW- Windsor; KOTA- Rapids City; "The Daily Bear"; WVMT-Vermont; WTAM; WOCM- Maryland; "The Live Show"- Oklahoma; "Rhonda Bellamy Show"- NC; WRVC- Ohio; WILS-Lansing; "Carter and Company", and more...

Radio Interview: Mirrors of the Soul, July 12, 2007
Link launches Windows Media Player to hear 30 minute interview
(Starts at about 4:00 from the start.)

300 Incredible Things to do on the Internet! (2002 edition)
"I have spent months surfing hundreds of thousands of sites, but only the incredible ones made it into this book. It's incredible sites like yours that make this a fantastic book.” — Ken Leebow

Daily Nebraskan, Sept. 2006
Internet site brings good news to a dismal world
"After reading headlines about the terrible condition of humanity, take some time to challenge those observations by reading about the unexpected at goodnewsnetwork.org. It could do wonders for your psyche." — Stacy Van Zuiden

The Washington Post, Sept. 1, 1999
And now, the news: The Glorifying not the Horrifying

 
Whole Life Times, Dec. 2001
Antidote to the Daily Headlines
“Geri's enthusiasm, humor and selfless efforts personify a message for us all: the good news is there, if we seek it out.” — Bill Asenjo, P.H.D., CRC

American Journalism Review, Nov. 1999
It's All Good
“One of her goals is to show that there is actually a hungry market for this. The 35,000 monthly hits she gets on her site act as pretty heavy validation of a demand.” — Tricia C. Eller

Women's World, Oct. 13, 1998
Fed Up With Bad News?
"Imagine getting only good news all the time. Geri does more than imagine it - she finds it, prints it, and passes it on! ... Geri found stories about heroic rescues and generous gifts, scientists making headway against disease and groups building homes for the poor. She even found a heartwarming story about lawyers -- a band of whom are representing low income kids for free in juvenile court. And readers loved it!”

Washington Times, Nov. 25, 1998
All the Good News that's Fit to Print
“She's a cross between Dr. Deepak Chopra and Ann Landers.” — Christin Montgomery

Newsday, Sept. 9, 1998
“Take Heart America... The Good News Network, is a place on the web where you can go every day to renew your faith in the human race. Since its webut a year ago, GNN has been steadily finding an audience.”

Fast Company, March 2000
Bookmarks

The Well Being Journal, Fall 2001
Good News — Bill Asenjo, P.H.D., CRC