My Current Events Assignment

Krasinski, John, director. Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 1. Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 1, YouTube, 29 Mar. 2020,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5pgG1M_h_U&t=2s

Some Good News is a YouTube series created by actor and filmmaker, John Krasinski. Right now, every news outlet is reporting on the extremely tough times we are going through. Some Good News is a “network” devoted to reporting the positive events happening simultaneously to Covid-19 to remind others of the good. (52 words)

I think this series is a superb idea. This pandemic and lockdown are hitting many people very hardly, and based on the way the rest of the year has started out, it is difficult to acknowledge the happier/light-hearted events that are still occurring. In the video, John stated that he had wanted to create a news outlet with only good news, and I don’t think he could have actually done it at a better time. Going into lockdown hasn’t affected my family and I as harshly as it has others, but still, it isn’t easy. I chose this video for the assignment because I found it so inspiring, it nearly brought me to tears. John told many moving stories and even had guest stars to brighten our days that much more. Because of these videos, I believe many off his viewers are feeling a little less gloomy, and may be inspired to find ways they can brighten their communities’ time during Covid-19.