Some Good News Favorite 

Practitioner: 

Date: 

Mar 29 2020

Location: 

The United States

SomeGoodNews is a Youtube channel started by actor John Krasinski. The videos in the channels are aimed at discussing and sharing good news happening these days. The channel was set up as a way to help alleviate the mental health strain the COVID-19 epidemic has had on many people.

External sources: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug/about
Posted by jassim on Apr 1 2020

Staff rating: 

3
This useful service is less activism and more along the lines of online support groups, self-help, entertainment...

Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Provides (a useful service)Provides a useful social service.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear short-term goal. Short-term goals tend to be things like: create or repeal a law; get a President impeached; make the city administration repair a sidewalk. A campaign with a short-term goal needs a clear theory of change, complete with targets that can be cajoled or pressured into effecting the goal.
It aims to aid in improving people's mental health as the news and media is overwhelmingly negative during the COVID-19 crisis.