This is my second article in the “Good News” series. I just ran across a website called Ode Magazine. It offers both a print and online version of their magazine. An excerpt of their “About” page states:
Ode is a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better. For the first nine years of its existence, Ode was published in Dutch. But in the summer of 2004 … it launched the English-language edition of the magazine. Ode now appears ten times a year in both English and Dutch, with a worldwide circulation of more than 100,000. In print and online, Ode’s aim is to bring a new reality into view, to explore opportunities for positive change in our daily lives and our daily minds.
There is a link on their website called “Good News” that lists articles from various media outlets that they consider positive or good in some aspect or form. My only criticism after perusing the list, and the magazine itself, is that it seems overly reliant on the liberal-leaning media. The majority of stories are from NPR, MSN, Slate, Huffington Post, New York Times, The Guardian, etc. I think they could use a little more balance in this regard. You can see some of the liberal agenda and ideology working its way through some of the articles. There seems be be a good dose of climate change and tree-hugging articles in the current listing. The articles aren’t really geared at presenting a good news story of a personal nature. It’s more slanted at themes and issues that affect us all. However, I’ll try to keep an open mind and not be too judgmental at this point. It might prove educational and enlightening for me. See folks, I’m even trying to follow my own advice that I wrote in an earlier article last week.
To go to the magazine’s home page, click here.
To go to their “Good News” section, click here.
