Testimonials

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.

Rekindling an appreciation for the good things in life "making a huge difference" I wanted to take a minute to thank you for your time and energy. Like many people, I have become so discouraged by the mainstream media's bent towards bad news and the seemingly voracious appetite that drives it. At first, I will admit, that your news articles weren't that interesting to me! Often, I've found myself skimming the articles, thinking "so what?!" But I believe this reaction is just from the desensitization that occurs with sensational news in the mainstream media. So I decided to continue receiving your RSS feed and guess what? Your daily stories have allowed me to rekindle a certain appreciate for the good things in life. The truth is, I was passing up a lot of good things in my life without realizing it. They just don't reach out and bite you on the butt like bad events do. But they are everywhere, just waiting to be noticed! Please keep doing what you're doing. It is making a huge difference in the way I see my world. Trey Aubrey April 11, 2006

My daily habit a year ago was to read the news with my morning coffee. I felt the entire world was falling apart and getting worse day by day. Then I read some research on the effects of bad news, and made a conscious choice to read uplifting stories... Now I’m excited about all the wonderful things around the world, instead of feeling helpless. When I read the stories on GNN I feel empowered, included, and encouraged to get involved.  - Kerrie S., OK

Colin Powell: "I enjoyed reading the positive stories... Keep up your good work" Thank you for writing your newsletter, Some Good News. I enjoyed reading the positive stories... I am heartened by the goodness and generosity that I see in people... Keep up your good work. Gen. Colin Powell (Former Secretary of State)

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  

Psychologist proves life is livable for depressed, suicidal patient using Good News Network I anticipate this may become the most popular site in the world....close anyway. I'm a clinical and police psychologist. A 13 year-old boy was depressed and suicidal as he entered my office. He cited TV news as proof that there was no point to living, "Everything is out of control, it's all bad news, people are killing each other, terrorism, corruption, kids being slaves." After I let him cry, I explained how TV news worked -- that it didn't reflect reality accurately -- and I showed him your site. He started to cheer up. He smiled and gave me a hug. Life was okay again. Your site is proof of good news in the universe. Thanks. Respectfully, Dr. Kevin Keough November 29, 2002

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

Your site is great for me.  When I read it I can see how my prayers for worldwide peace and tolerance are being answered. - Kay Haraguchi Thanks for the fantastic site. It's a relief to go somewhere with REAL news that leaves me in a good mood. - Ellen M.

I am amazed at the change in my mood and the way I look at everything now. I am reading your site every day and l love it. Thank you very much for your beautiful work.  It is something very much needed. - Nathalia Viveros

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 absoutely blown away by the fact that there was someone out there in the world who had not only thought of creating a Good News Network, but who had done it for ten years. -Viktoria Roxie What a relief to hear some of the positive things happening in the world. -Courtney Baird

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

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

Appreciative Inquiry professor calls good news work "very significant" 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. Please see the "call to inquiry". It is a world dialogue on Business as An Agent of world Benefit. Would love to interview you! thank you for your work! David Cooperrider February 21, 2002

The platform for my work is Albert Einstein's 'Knowing' that the only way to change anything is to change the thinking that created it. He lived by this knowledge. The Good News Network is helping people everywhere do exactly that. -  Gisèle Guénard RN BScN MEd, VisionarEase Inc. CEO

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

Drowning in coverage of terrorism; Searched for positive news, Felt better after just 10 minutes As of late I've felt suffocated by today's news that rains down a storm of bad news. Tired of drowning in coverage of death, war, terrorism, etc. I decided today to search the web for positive news, instead of just news. I discovered the Good News Network. Thank you for lifting my spirits, after only 10 minutes of reading I felt better about the world in which we live. Paul Lastovica March 22, 2003

I have a 7 year old son and we don't watch TV, listen to the news, or read newspapers because so much of it is negative and full of pain and hate -- things his little body does not need.  I am SO thrilled to be able to show him stories on your Website and talk to him about the positive, Good work that is occurring here on Earth.  You have given me a safe place where I can allow my son to browse and follow the stories that interest him.  Thank you! - Esther Colwell

A media diet of hostility, blame, confrontation and violence corrodes your civic outlook. - Mark Gerzon, Campaign for Common Ground; Organizer of a bipartisan congressional retreat in May '97

I was sitting and praying and the thought entered my mind to Google search 'good news' and there you were!  You are now # 1 on my FAV bar.  Keep it up, for the sake of mankind. - Tom McGraw,  Jul 24, 2014