Why We Desperately Need a Channel of Good News
In a world where bad news is broadcast 24/7, where crisis, conflict, and fear dominate the headlines, we are starving—deeply and collectively—for something else: good news. Not escapism, not denial, but real stories that remind us of what is still beautiful, still working, still redeemable.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the world paused. We were forced to retreat, to distance, to reevaluate. And while media outlets flooded us with numbers of deaths, graphs of despair, and urgent warnings, something else quietly unfolded beneath the radar.
The ozone layer began to heal.
Dolphins swam through clean canals in Venice.
Birdsong returned to cities once drowned in traffic.
Species once thought to be vanishing made quiet appearances.
And perhaps most importantly, we as humans remembered how fragile—and connected—we are.
But where were those headlines?
Why don’t we have a Good News Network, a daily broadcast of breakthroughs, of acts of compassion, of nature rebounding and communities rising?
We need it. Desperately. Not to ignore the pain of the world, but to balance it. To show the full picture. Because when all we see is what’s broken, we lose hope. And when we lose hope, we lose our humanity.
Hope is not a luxury. It is a compass.
Let us begin to look intentionally for the stories that restore our faith in each other. Let us remember that we are not just consumers of news, but creators of reality. We shape the world by what we choose to amplify.
Let us amplify kindness.
Let us spotlight healing.
Let us tell the stories of resilience, unity, and vision.
Because the world doesn’t just need to change.
It needs to believe it can.