Positive News
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| Type | Quarterly magazine, daily online |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Shauna Crockett-Burrows |
| Publisher | Positive News Publishing Limited |
| Editor-in-chief | Lucy Purdy |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Relaunched | 2016 |
| Headquarters | 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1RD |
| Circulation | 15,000 |
| Website | positive.news |
Positive News is a constructive journalism media brand.[1] It publishes independent journalism online and in print, and aims to help create a more inspiring news medium.[2]
Publisher
Positive News is published by Positive News Publishing Ltd, a not-for-profit company with a remote working team based in the United Kingdom.[3] The company is a subsidiary of Positive News Limited, a community benefit society.[4]
History
Positive News was founded in 1993 by Shauna Crockett-Burrows as a quarterly newspaper, and she soon after established Positive News Trust, a registered educational charity.[5][6]
In 2015, Positive News chief executive Sean Wood established a co-operative as the parent organisation of Positive News' publishing company.[7] Positive News was the first media cooperative in the world to offer community shares globally through crowdfunding.[8] In January 2016, it was relaunched as a magazine.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Thorpe, Esther Kezia (26 February 2018). "Positive News' Sean Dagan Wood on building membership around constructive journalism" (Podcast). Media Voices. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Byrne, Louise (29 January 2018). "Positive News magazine sees subscriber growth as editor says people don't want journalism that leaves them 'completely hopeless'". Press Gazette. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "#OwnTheMedia in the media". Positive News. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Mutuals Public Register: Positive News Limited". mutuals.fca.org.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Seán Dagan (18 June 2012). "Shauna Crockett-Burrows obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ a b Morley, Madeleine (10 March 2016). "New magazine | Positive News". magculture.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Roseingrave, Louise (17 August 2015). "Positive News gives readers a say in the kind of journalism it produces". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Brown, Sophie (13 July 2015). "Positive News Becomes World's First Crowdfunded Global Media Cooperative". HuffPost. Retrieved 12 August 2023.