Good News Magazin

Good News Magazin (GNM) started in 2016 as a Facebook site, inspired by a friend of co-founder David Gaedt who was delighted by a positive story Gaedt shared during a football match.

The magazine publishes information through an online magazine, a book, social media, a print magazine and produces a podcast.

Bothered by the plethora of negative news dominating the media landscape, the three co-founders came together to show the “other side of the coin”. The outlet's mission is to provide journalistic content that inspires positive thinking and action. Beyond sugar-coating or ignoring the problems, GNM seeks to focus on and consciously strengthen good things happening every day, everywhere. In contrast to constructive journalism, which "puts much more emphasis on problems and only looks at the solutions at the end", GNM highlights intrinsically good news.

Every piece is investigated, fact-checked, and verified in detail, reaching an average of 100,000 people, primarily through its social media pages. The team looks at small projects and huge initiatives, everything that shows the positive impact that even a tiny idea or action can have.

Through active community engagement, over 60 volunteer contributors and staff, and by steadily expanding its revenue streams from advertising to subscription models, GNM aims to help its audience to contribute positively to society.

In contrast to many other media outlets, the organisation does not claim to be objective; instead, it lets the audience know precisely where the organisation stands: “We are human beings, and we are always subjective. We are optimists who seek confirmation and pessimists who seek a counterweight. To claim that we are apolitical would simply be nonsense. Every statement, every science, and every representation is always also political.”

Last updated date: February 2025