Ethics and Guidelines at Vox.com |
As a part of Vox Media, Vox.com adheres to the Vox Media Editorial Ethics & Guidelines and to the following:
Vox continues to evolve as a brand as it builds its portfolio of editorial content and partners across multiple mediums, driving the future of journalism. However, our commitment to the core values of integrity and passion will never change.
We believe in working with talented people, the judgment of our staff, and the transcendent importance of serving the interests of our audiences. Through adherence to the Vox Media editorial guidelines, we aim to give our teams clear guidance about what to avoid and the public knowledge of what to expect from our brand. Simultaneously, we recognize the impossibility of reducing the complexity of real life to a simple checklist or rulebook and encourage conversation and dialogue with colleagues and supervisors about concrete situations as superior to trying to craft an ethics policy that would address every conceivable dilemma.
As the needs of our newsrooms and audiences change, our guidelines will adapt in kind to ensure that Vox Media’s work is always deserving of our audiences’ trust. Vox’s editorial team also adheres to its own ethics principles that follow below.
Advertising, Membership, and Grants
Vox generates revenue through advertising partnerships, membership, and philanthropic grants. In no case, however, does the operation of these lines of business interfere with the integrity of our editorial teams or influence the content they create.
With advertising partnerships, the nature of Vox’s content in relation to advertisers and sponsors is clearly marked or announced as “Presented by,” “Paid Content For,” “Partner Content From,” “Ad,”or “Advertiser Content From” if and as applicable.
“Presented by” is used to describe content that is created independently by our editorial networks but is made possible through........