Positive News Launches Project to Explore Values and Media's Role
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Positive News is launching a seven-week listening project titled 'Positive News: What Next?' to explore human values and media's role in fostering a healthy relationship with the world. The project invites its audience and the wider community to help shape the publication's future, starting with a flagship values survey launched today.
Facts First
- Positive News is launching a seven-week listening project titled 'Positive News: What Next?'
- The project invites the audience to help shape the publication's future
- A flagship 'Positive News values survey' launches today, utilizing Schwartz's theory of basic human values
- The project explores 'values-aware journalism', which operates on the premise that all journalism reflects values
- Positive News uses a 'constructive journalism' approach focused on progress and solutions
What Happened
Positive News is launching a seven-week listening project titled 'Positive News: What Next?' to explore human values and media's role in supporting a healthy relationship with the world. The project invites the audience and the wider community to help shape the future of Positive News. As part of this, the publication is launching its flagship 'Positive News values survey' today. The survey utilizes Schwartz's theory of basic human values, a framework used by social psychologists to understand core human values. Participants will receive a personal values profile at the end of the process.
Why this Matters to You
You may be invited to reflect on the values that guide your own news consumption and worldview. By participating, you could gain a clearer understanding of your personal values profile and see how they align with media narratives. The project's focus on 'constructive journalism' means you might encounter more reporting that highlights progress and solutions, which could affect your overall sense of agency and connection to current events.
What's Next
The seven-week project is now underway and will likely involve further community engagement beyond the initial survey. The findings from this listening exercise may help shape the future editorial direction and priorities of Positive News. Sean Wood, the CEO of Positive News and an advisory board member for the Common Cause Foundation's Values in Media initiative, will likely oversee the integration of these insights into the publication's work.