Two Easy Habits to Fuel Success and Change Your Relationship with the News Thrive Global April 21 2017 Let’s see if this scenario sounds familiar: after hitting the snooze button at least three times, you finally turn to your phone and scroll through your emails. “I Need This ASAP!” they shout at you. Now, you’re…
How to Stay Informed With the News Without Getting Depressed Thrive Global, Michelle Gielan December 23, 2016 It was painful to watch, and I had a front row seat. From my post as an anchor at CBS News, I reported on people’s pain as they lost their jobs, homes and savings. The rapid-fire coverage of these problems…
Consuming Negative News Can Make You Less Effective at Work Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan September 2015 We’ve known for some time now that hearing negative news broadcasts can have an immediate effect on your stress level, but new research we just conducted in partnership with Arianna Huffington shows how significant these negative…
Turning Bad News into Good Greater Good, Jill Suttie October 2015 There’s a saying in journalism: “If it bleeds, it leads.” This means that if a story covers some kind of disaster or violent death, it garners attention and increases your audience or readership. But in Broadcasting Happiness, former broadcast journalist turned happiness researcher Michelle Gielan makes…
It’s Time to Move Beyond, ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ Approach to Media Coverage Images & Voices of Hope, Mallary Jean Tenore September 2015 Michelle Gielan had a successful journalism career by most standards. She had landed her dream job at CBS News, where she anchored two early morning programs and did reports for “The Early…
Brigid Schulte | Washington Post, August 2015 A great tip for improving your day: Start it by reading ‘transformative’ news, researchers find The old news adage, “If it bleeds, it leads,” underlies a belief that sensational, often negative news is what appeals to people, and what sells advertising. In her new book, Broadcasting Happiness, journalist-turned-happiness…
The Benefits Of Positive News Ripple Far Beyond The First Smile Huffington Post, Gabriel Arana August 2015 For years, Michelle Gielan was a journalist at CBS News, dutifully telling the public about everything from natural disasters and the financial recession to shootings and soldiers’ funerals. But over time, the drumbeat of negative news got to…
How To Pull Others Closer And Feel Better Together Forbes, Kare Anderson September 2013 These three true stories share a vital trait that you can adopt to boost your mood — and your value and visibility with others — as an individual and for your organization:Thief Apologizes And Returns Money To Nashville Market 11 Years…
