"We’re living in a time where all around us there’s a global shift in consciousness toward optimism. The world is wearying of the worn-out narrative thread about everything that is wrong. There’s an energy coalescing around a solution-driven, energetic, we’re-in-this-together framework. You can find it popping up in online news sites that are devoted to good news. In a sign of the times, the Huffington Post started a section called Good News, as well as an even newer one called Impact: What’s … Continue reading
Restorative Narratives: Defining a new strength-based genre
"What if the news media covered stories of recovery and resilience as much as they cover stories about devastation and despair? "This question has been central to our recent work at Images & Voices of Hope (ivoh) and aligns with our mission to strengthen the media’s role as an agent of world benefit. We’ve coined a term — Restorative Narratives — which describes a genre of stories that focus on recovery, restoration and resilience in the aftermath, or midst of, difficult times. This genre … Continue reading
Arianna Huffington: ‘If we in the media only show the dark side, we’re failing at our jobs’
"Lots of media coverage focuses on what’s broken. Arianna Huffington wants to change that. Last week, she announced a new global initiative aimed at shifting the media’s focus from what’s broken to what’s working. "As part of the initiative, the Huffington Post is partnering USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to help train student journalists to “paint the full picture of the human story.” "Restorative Narratives, and stories that focus on what’s working, offer up an … Continue reading