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Yes, joy is newsworthy
Mark Sappenfield
The news site Triple Pundit wanted to blow its readers’ minds recently. So it published this headline: Is Joy Newsworthy?
Perry Parks, a journalism professor at Michigan State University, weighed in. “If, over time, we as a society agree that journalism includes examples of forgiveness, gratitude, compassion, generosity, humility, humor, perspective – in addition to conflict, unusualness, proximity and that sort of thing – then maybe it would be easier to encounter news more often.”
To which we say: Amen. You can see how we cover joy, as well as compassion, generosity, and humility. Just click here.
