News touches our lives in profound ways, the reason being since it is the ideal medium to keep people aware and informed, however, a lot of it is dedicated to negative stories, which could be attributed to human psychology and perceived ratings benefits. In my opinion, there is a great need to put more emphasis on positive news instead.
News plays a critical role in our day to day lives, as it helps people stay informed and abreast of the events and happenings around their neck of the woods and globally as well. It could be life saving and crucial to the well being of people in times of natural disasters and extreme weather events, advising residents if they are in harms way, and consequently, allowing them to plan their evacuation to safer areas. In addition, most importantly, it helps communicate the Governments promulgations to its citizens.
The majority of news seems to be focussed on negative stories and this is related to how humans are wired. In other words, research has shown that human brains are more excited about and interested in bad news than good one, which explains why there is a predominance of negative news items. Furthermore, people who are in charge of deciding what is put out in newsrooms, make the decision to allow more bad news to be broadcast as they consider it to raise veiwership of the channel.
I strongly believe that newsrooms ought to focus and emphasis on broadcasting positive and uplifting stories. They should showcase local heroes and people who demonstrate acts of kindness, generosity and best moral behaviour, even in the face of adversity for the greater good of the community. In addition, news should focus more on telling inspiring stories from around the world, which will encourage their viewers to be and give their best and support their localities and regions and as a result, lead to a positive change in nations across the globe. 
 News
 touches our  
lives
 in profound ways, the reason being since it is the ideal medium to  
keep
  people
 aware and informed,  
however
,  
a lot of
 it  
is dedicated
 to  
negative
  stories
, which could  
be attributed
 to human psychology and perceived ratings benefits. In my opinion, there is a great need to put more emphasis on  
positive
  news
  instead
.
News plays a critical role in our  
day to day
  lives
, as it  
helps
  people
 stay informed and abreast of the  
events
 and happenings around their neck of the woods and globally  
as well
. It could be life saving and crucial to the  
well being
 of  
people
 in times of natural disasters and extreme weather  
events
, advising residents if they are in harms way, and  
consequently
, allowing them to plan their evacuation to safer areas.  
In addition
, most  
importantly
, it  
helps
 communicate the  
Governments
  promulgations
 to its citizens.
The majority of  
news
 seems to  
be focussed
 on  
negative
  stories
 and this  
is related
 to how humans  
are wired
.  
In other words
, research has shown that human brains are more excited about and interested in  
bad
  news
 than  
good
 one, which  
explains
 why there is a predominance of  
negative
  news
 items.  
Furthermore
,  
people
 who are in charge of deciding what  
is put
 out in newsrooms,  
make
 the decision to  
allow
 more  
bad
  news
 to be broadcast as they consider it to raise  
veiwership
 of the channel.
I  
strongly
 believe that newsrooms ought to focus and emphasis on broadcasting  
positive
 and uplifting  
stories
. They should showcase local heroes and  
people
 who demonstrate acts of kindness, generosity and best moral  
behaviour
, even in the face of adversity for the greater  
good
 of the community.  
In addition
,  
news
 should focus more on telling inspiring  
stories
 from around the world, which will encourage their viewers to be and give their best and support their localities and regions and  
as a result
, lead to a  
positive
  change
 in nations across the globe.