Positive News

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Positive News
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TypeQuarterly magazine, daily online
Founder(s) Shauna Crockett-Burrows
PublisherPositive News Publishing Limited
Editor-in-chiefLucy Purdy
Founded1993
Language English
Relaunched2016
Headquarters24 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]

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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

  1. ↑ Thorpe, Esther Kezia (26 February 2018). "Positive News' Sean Dagan Wood on building membership around constructive journalism" (Podcast). Media Voices. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "#OwnTheMedia in the media". Positive News. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Mutuals Public Register: Positive News Limited". mutuals.fca.org.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Wood, Seán Dagan (18 June 2012). "Shauna Crockett-Burrows obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 Morley, Madeleine (10 March 2016). "New magazine | Positive News". magculture.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Brown, Sophie (13 July 2015). "Positive News Becomes World's First Crowdfunded Global Media Cooperative". HuffPost . Retrieved 12 August 2023.


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