A living atlas of positive news

Meridia aggregates good news from hundreds of sources worldwide, processes each story with AI, and places it on an interactive map — so you can see the good happening everywhere.

Mission

News feeds are dominated by conflict, crisis, and catastrophe — not because the world is only bad, but because negativity drives engagement. Meridia exists to rebalance the picture. We surface the positive stories that traditional media under-reports: scientific breakthroughs, environmental victories, community kindness, and human rights milestones.

Every story is placed on a map because good news happens somewhere. Seeing it geographically reveals patterns invisible in a traditional feed: which regions lead in conservation, where medical breakthroughs cluster, how community initiatives spread across borders.

How it works

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Ingest

We monitor hundreds of RSS feeds, news APIs, and curated sources for positive stories in any language.

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AI Analysis

Each article is processed by AI to determine sentiment, category, geographic location, and geometry type (point, zone, or journey).

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Geocode

Locations are resolved to coordinates. Area stories become highlighted zones. Cross-border stories become journey arcs.

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Map

Published stories appear on the interactive map as color-coded markers, zones, or arcs — filterable by category, time, and region.

Three ways to see a story

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Point

A single location — a city, a lab, a park. Most stories are points.

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Zone

An area — a national park restored, a reef recovering, a region going renewable.

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Journey

Origin to destination — wildlife migration, aid delivery, cultural exchange.

11 Categories

Every story is classified into one of eleven color-coded categories:

Environment Reforestation, conservation, clean energy, biodiversity wins
Science Discoveries, space exploration, medical breakthroughs
Community Local heroes, social cohesion, mutual aid, kindness
Health Medical advances, mental health wins, disease eradication
Technology Innovation for good, accessibility tech, open source
Education Access, literacy, learning innovations, scholarships
Animals Wildlife rescue, species recovery, habitat restoration
Culture Arts, heritage preservation, creative expression
Sports Inclusive sports, community athletics, inspirational feats
Economy Fair trade, poverty reduction, sustainable business
Human Rights Equality wins, justice milestones, humanitarian progress