GoodnessTv is a Montreal-based video sharing WebTV and non-profit organization that was first launched in 2009 by Laurent Imbault.[1][2] The channel is dedicated to showing news and videos that cover positive news and promote community and social involvement.[3] Imbault came up with the idea for GoodnessTv after holding a conversation with his mother, who was depressed at what she had been seeing in the news.[4] In response to this, Imbault and his wife Katherine Adams started working on a space that would be dedicated to positive news.[5]
GoodnessTv operates via volunteers and also has a weekly web series, the Positive Minute, a 60-second feature posted to the site each Monday to highlight the actions of local individuals or organizations doing good work in domains ranging from social to cultural to humanitarian. Individuals, NGOs and non-profits can create profiles and broadcast videos about their mission and their field work. Organisations are invited to sign up and open an account to upload videos.[6]
References
edit- ^ Desmarteau, Raymond. "GoodnessTv.org: et si on parlait d'initiatives porteuses d'espoir dans le monde?". RCI. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Laurent Imbault founder of Goodness TV". CBC. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Profile". GoodnessTV. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Archives - Médium large - ICI Radio-Canada Première". Médium large - ICI Radio-Canada Première. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ^ Lavoie, Audrey. "GoodnessTV, nouveau YouTube de l'humanitaire". Journal Metro. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Schwartz, Susan. "Laurent Imbault: Has he got news for you". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 21 March 2015.