Our responsibility as the leading modern media company
We are Vox Media, the leader in modern media. We drive essential conversations that touch every aspect of life, culture, and technology. Our storied past and passion for progress lead us to discover what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.
Beyond our editorial is a commitment to corporate citizenship – a belief that it is our responsibility to build a better media industry. Raising standards around what it means to create a safe online ecosystem. Giving back to the communities in which we live and work. And remaining inclusive, respectful, and ambitious, upholding our Vox Media values.
It’s from this mindset – action-oriented, optimistic, and always learning – that we hope to improve our company and the industries and communities that we serve.
1. We support the next generation of media leaders
Our industry needs more of the voices that best connect with and serve our audiences. Alongside supporting all of our creators, we aspire to reach, support, and mentor new and emerging voices.
- Established mentorship programs: Programs that elevate, train, or mentor talent, including the Vox Media Writers Workshop.
- Relationships with industry and trade organizations: Bring new ideas and notable speakers to events hosted by organizations such as the Asian American Journalists Association, Indigenous Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.
2. We give, via our services and our voices
With a broad reach across audiences and platforms, through our pro bono work and strong partnerships, Vox Media lends support to the communities we serve on the issues that impact our audiences most.
- Partnerships for good: Pairing our editorial brands with brand partners to spotlight and support organizations and communities in need. Our strategic partnerships have contributed to the Global Citizen, NAACP, Innocence Project, Urban Justice Center, Stand Up to Cancer, World Central Kitchen and DC Central Kitchen, and New York City programs that, through City Harvest, fed over 250,000 NYC children. Through these partnerships we support the ESG efforts of other companies in addition to our own.
- Open source editorial guidelines and best practices: Elevating newsroom standards for reporting on topics including race, gender, religion, sexuality, and disability – and their intersectionality – with internal editorial guidelines and interactive tools shared with journalists, communications professionals, and creators across the industry through Language, Please (funded by Google News Initiative).
- Volunteering: Programs inclusive of volunteering legal support to initiatives such as the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline through the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.
There will be no moment when this work is complete. Rather, these efforts are ongoing ways to make our Vox Media voice heard, turn our values into actions, and commit to strong corporate citizenship.
About Vox Media’s Corporate Citizenship
Vox Media’s corporate citizenship is built on the belief that, as the leading modern media company, it is our responsibility to build a better media industry.
At Vox Media we are committed to building and sustaining a company and an industry that is diverse, inclusive, and supportive for all of our people and our audiences. As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices, share our best practices, and give back to our industry and the communities we live and work in.
The creativity and ambition to do this work has come from every division and from people at every level of the company, with the initiative launched and led by Vox Media’s Communications & Public Affairs team.