
"Transforming the News Media into Honest and Balanced News" is the tagline of the online Swedish newspaper www.Tillit.info that exists for the purpose of disseminating positive news. (I posted a an update about this on my Facebook page and someone asked "How do you know" since the site in in Swedish. I wish I could claim to have fabulous multi-lingual skills, but there is a link about three lines down in the center that says "Translate the website into your language.") I had a lovely email from Tillit's producer Jack Johansson and their CEO and publisher Mikael Engström describing their mission. I learned from them that Tillit means "trust" or "faith" in Swedish. Tillit has been working as a non-profit for for several years and has distributed more than 370 000 copies of positive news through volunteers. They have received an enormous positive response from their readers in Scandinavia. They are now working on a business plan in order to get investors,making Tillit an … [Read more...]

