25 April 2020 by Tom York The home of good news worth shouting about, The Rooftop, has attracted more than 50,000 followers on Facebook and recorded an increase of 184% in online views in recent weeks as people continue to look for sources of optimism during the Covid-19 pandemic. In response to this surge in demand for positive news, The Rooftop has launched a new weekly broadcast series called Rooftop TV. Featuring a roundup of the week’s top good news stories, Rooftop TV covers the issues that matter and the campaigns that are making a real difference to people’s lives. Episode one, which launched on 17 April, has already attracted more than 10,000 views across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram TV.
In episode one, Simon Francis, Editor of The Rooftop joined Tom York, Rooftop TV host, to talk about why positive news is so important – especially while we’re all self-isolating at home. Episode two aired yesterday (24 April). In the show, Simon and Tom discuss stories about care workers, key workers, online choirs, period products, and more.
In time, the weekly episodes will grow to provide an update on the stories we’ve featured, interviews with the people behind the news, and glimpses of positive news from around the internet. Rooftop TV can be seen on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram TV every Friday lunchtime. Don’t miss an episode – subscribe to the Rooftop TV YouTube channel. If you’d like The Rooftop to be able to do more to spread positive news, you can donate via Raisely.  This article was originally published on The Rooftop.   

Published by Tom York

Tom York is a marketing and communications consultant, writer, and campaigner. He has worked in communications for more than 16 years, agency side and in-house, running multidisciplinary campaigns for corporate and public sector organisations such as the UK government’s National Apprenticeship Service, WorldSkills Europe, Microsoft, Royal Mail Group, Engineering UK, Project Syndicate, and the community business charitable trust, Power to Change. Tom began his career as a news reporter with regional newspaper group Newsquest. He currently writes for therooftop.news – the online home of positive news worth shouting about.

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