Good HoodNews

GOOD HOOD NEWS is an alternative news network for communities that are constantly portrayed negatively in the media.

<h4 style="text-align: center;"></h4><h3 style="text-align: center;">Imagine a “CNN” type news network<br></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">In the “hood,”<br></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">With young reporters<br></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">ONLY reporting good stories<br></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">From THEIR “hood,”<br></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">In “hoods” all over the globe.<br></h3><div><br></div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>GOOD HOOD NEWS</b> is an alternative news network for communities that are constantly portrayed negatively in the media.<br></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>These negative stories effect the people inside AND outside of the community.</b></div><div><i><b>INSIDE the “hood”</b></i></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><p>People inside the community often feel ashamed of where they live, their neighbors…and worst case scenario – feel ashamed of themselves…all because of their address.</p><p>If a child grows up in an area where they never hear of ANYONE doing something positive in their community…what is the likelihood that they will grow up thinking they are capable of doing something positive?</p><p>Small businesses, entrepreneurs and artists within these communities suffer financially because people outside of the community are afraid to enter.</p></blockquote><div><b><i>OUTSIDE the “hood”</i></b></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><p>People watch the news and read the papers and sigh in despair, because they think these communities are tragic, and no amount of money or time will fix the “problems” within the community.</p><p>Stereotypes, assumptions and ignorance prevent people outside of these communities from forming new bonds, learning a greater sense of appreciation and learning urban survival/invention skills- that can only be learned in the “hood.”</p></blockquote><div><br></div><h4 style="text-align: center;">The first good stories will be broad-cast from Rocinha, South America’s largest slum/”favela” located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our journalists and reporters are under 18, but the stories come from everyone that has good news within the community(ies) – and there are many!<br></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><br></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">Next locations: South Bronx-New York, Calcutta-India, Compton-California, Johannesburg-South Africa, Port-Au-Prince-Haiti and Gaza-Palestine.<br></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned…<br></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>

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