Vox (website)

{{Short description|American news website}}
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{{Use American English|date=September 2018}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = ''Vox''
| logo = Vox logo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| screenshot = Vox homepage.PNG
| caption =The homepage of Vox as of April 22, 2017
| url = {{URL|vox.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = News and opinion website
| registration = Optional
| language = English
| owner = [[Vox Media]]
| founder = {{ubl|Ezra Klein|Melissa Bell|Matthew Yglesias}}
| editor = [[Swati Sharma (journalist)|Swati Sharma]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2014|04|06}}
| current_status = Active
}}

'''''Vox''''' ({{etymology|la|vōx|voice}}) is an American news and opinion website owned by [[Vox Media]]. The website was founded in April 2014 by [[Ezra Klein]], [[Matt Yglesias]], and [[Melissa Bell (journalist)|Melissa Bell]], and is noted for its concept of [[explanatory journalism]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bercovici |first1=Jeff |title=Why Do So Many Journalists Hate Vox? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/05/12/why-do-so-many-journalists-hate-vox |website=Forbes |access-date=June 9, 2019 |date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> Vox's media presence also includes a [[YouTube]] channel, several podcasts, and a show presented on [[Netflix]]. ''Vox'' has been described as [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schmidt |first1=Steffen W. |last2=Shelley |first2=Mack C. |last3=Bardes |first3=Barbara A. |title=American Government and Politics Today, Brief |date=2018 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-1-337-67017-3 |pages=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBBEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA140 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=The Editorial Board|date=2020-07-08|title=Bonfire of the Liberals|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/bonfire-of-the-liberals-11594249492|access-date=2020-10-07|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

== History ==
Prior to founding ''Vox'', [[Ezra Klein]] worked for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as the head of [[Wonkblog]], a [[public policy]] blog.<ref name="usatoday">{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/07/klein-launches-vox/7420053/ |title=Ezra Klein launches news site Vox.com |date=April 7, 2014 |first=Roger |last=Yu |work=USA Today |access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref> When Klein attempted to launch a new site using funding from the newspaper's editors, his proposal was turned down and Klein subsequently left ''The Washington Post'' for a position with [[Vox Media]], another communications company, in January 2014.<ref name="usatoday" /><ref name="NYT: joining Vox">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/business/media/ezra-klein-joining-vox-media-as-web-journalism-asserts-itself.html |access-date=December 26, 2014 |title=Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself |last1=Carr |first1=David |author-link=David Carr (journalist) |date=January 26, 2014 |website=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216173600/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/business/media/ezra-klein-joining-vox-media-as-web-journalism-asserts-itself.html?_r=0 |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} [[David Carr (journalist)|David Carr]] associated Klein's exit for ''Vox'' with other "big-name journalists" leaving newspapers for digital start-ups, such as [[Walter Mossberg]] and [[Kara Swisher]] (of ''[[Recode]]'', which was later acquired by and integrated into Vox), [[David Pogue]], and [[Nate Silver]].<ref name="NYT: joining Vox" /> He described Vox Media as "a technology company that produces media" rather than its inverse, associated with "Old Media".<ref name="NYT: joining Vox" /> From his new position, Klein worked towards establishing ''Vox'', including hiring new journalists for the site.<ref name="usatoday" /> Klein expected to "improve the technology of news" and build an online platform better equipped for making news understandable.<ref name="NYT: joining Vox" /> The new site's 20-person staff was chosen for their expertise in topic areas and included ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''{{'s}} [[Matthew Yglesias]], [[Melissa Bell (journalist)|Melissa Bell]], and Klein's colleagues from ''The Washington Post''.<ref name="NYT: joining Vox" /><ref>[https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/voxcom_is_going_to_be_a_great_test_ezra_klein_critique_journalism.php Vox.com is going to be a great test of Ezra Klein's critique of journalism], ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' (April 7, 2014).</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/26/5348212/ezra-klein-vox-is-our-next|title=Vox is our next|first=Ezra|last=Klein|date=January 26, 2014|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/pages/about-us|title=About us|author=Vox Staff|date=April 3, 2017|website=Vox}}</ref> ''Vox'' was launched on April 6, 2014, with Klein serving as editor-in-chief.<ref name="usatoday" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/04/understanding-the-newly-launched-voxcom.html |title=Understanding Ezra Klein's Newly Launched Vox.com |last=Hartmann |first=Margaret |work=New York Media LLC Money|access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref>

Klein's opening [[editorial]] essay, "How politics makes us stupid", explained his distress about political polarization in the context of [[Yale Law School]] professor [[Dan Kahan]]'s theories on how people protect themselves from information that conflicts with their core beliefs.<ref name="Klein-Politics"/><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2014/04/journalism-and-democracy |title=Ezra Klein's strangled Vox |date=April 11, 2014 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>

In June 2016, ''Vox'' suspended contributor [[Emmett Rensin]] for a series of tweets calling for anti-Trump [[riots]], including one on June 3, 2016, that urged, "If Trump comes to your town, start a riot." The tweets drew attention after violent [[Protests of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|anti-Trump protests]] took place in [[San Jose, California]], on the day of Rensin's tweet.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/03/media/vox-editor-suspended-trump-riots/index.html |title=Vox suspends editor for encouraging riots at Donald Trump rallies |date=June 3, 2016 |publisher=CNN |last1=Byers |first1=Dylan|access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-vox-suspends-editor-1464984232-htmlstory.html |title=Vox suspends editor who called for anti-Trump riots |date=June 3, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times |last1=Halper |first1=Evan|access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/emmettrensin/status/738583628855156742 |title=Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot |date=June 2, 2016 |type=[[Twitter]] post|access-date=June 2, 2016 |author=Emmett Rensin [emmettrensin]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/06/03/what-will-a-suspension-do-for-a-vox-editor-who-urged-anti-trump-riots/ |title=What will a suspension do for a Vox editor who urged anti-Trump riots? |date=June 3, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last1=Wemple |first1=Eric|access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Plank]] was hired in 2016 as a political correspondent,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vox-snags-mics-elizabeth-plank-871624 |title=Vox Snags Mic's Elizabeth Plank for Election Coverage |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 1, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> and in 2017 launched her own series with Vox Media, called ''Divided States of Women''.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vox-media-launching-video-series-focused-women-1046001 |title=Vox Media Launching New Video Series Focused on Women |first=Jeremy |last=Barr |date=October 5, 2017 |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2017, Klein published a post on ''Vox'' announcing that he was taking on a new role as editor-at-large, and that [[Lauren Williams (journalist)|Lauren Williams]], who joined ''Vox'' a few months after its founding, was the new editor-in-chief.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/26/media/ezra-klein-vox-lauren-williams/index.html |title=Lauren Williams named editor in chief of Vox; Ezra Klein to be editor at large |last=Stelter |first=Brian |work=CNN Money|access-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/2017/9/26/16363796/lauren-williams-allison-rockey-ezra-klein-vox-editor |title=Lauren Williams is the new editor-in-chief of Vox |last=Klein |first=Ezra |work=Vox Media, Inc |access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref> In late 2020, Klein, Williams, and Yglesias left the site. While ''Vox'' had been founded with prominent journalists, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff said that their brands had mature, mainstream audiences that no longer relied on personalities.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Edmund |title=Ezra Klein Leaves Vox for The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2020-11-20 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/business/media/ezra-klein-leave-vox.html |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[Swati Sharma (journalist)|Swati Sharma]] was named editor-in-chief in February 2021. A managing editor of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' at the time of her appointment, she was expected to assume the position in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tracy|first=Marc|date=2021-02-16|title=Vox Finds Its Next Top Editor at The Atlantic|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/business/media/vox-editor-swati-sharma.html|access-date=2021-03-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Content ==
According to ''Vox''{{'s}} founding editors, the site seeks to explain news by providing additional contextual information not usually found in traditional news sources.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Ezra |last2=Bell |first2=Melissa |last3=Yglesias |first3=Matt |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/3/28/5559144/nine-questions-about-vox |title=Nine questions about Vox |website=Vox |date=March 9, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> To reuse work from authors prior to the relaunch in 2014, ''Vox'' creates "card stacks" in bright canary yellow that provide context and define terms within an article. The cards are perpetually maintained as a form of "wiki page written by one person with a little attitude".<ref name="NYT: melding">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/business/media/voxcom-takes-melding-of-journalism-and-technology-to-next-level.html?_r=0 |access-date=December 26, 2014 |title=Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level |last1=Kaufman |first1=Leslie |date=April 6, 2014 |website=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506053843/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/business/media/voxcom-takes-melding-of-journalism-and-technology-to-next-level.html?_r=1 |archive-date=May 6, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> As an example, a card about the term "insurance exchange" may be reused on stories about the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref name="NYT: melding" />

''Vox'' uses Vox Media's Chorus [[content management system]], which enables journalists to easily create articles with complex visual effects and transitions, such as photos that change as the reader scrolls.<ref name="NYT: melding" /> Vox Media's properties target educated households with six-figure incomes and a head of house less than 35 years old.<ref name="NYT: melding" />

''Vox''<nowiki/>'s ''Future Perfect'', a reporting project that examines the world through [[philanthropy]] and [[effective altruism]], is funded by the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schwab|first=Tim|date=2020-08-21|title=Journalism's Gates keepers|url=https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Columbia Journalism Review|language=en}}</ref>

=== Video ===
''Vox'' has a YouTube channel by the same name where they have regularly posted videos on news and informational subjects since 2014.<ref name="VoxYTabout"/> These videos are accompanied by an article on their website. The themes covered in the videos are usually similar to the themes covered in the regular, written articles on the website.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://digiday.com/media/vox-com-tripled-youtube-viewership-one-year/ |title=How YouTube latecomer Vox beat the odds and built a big channel |last=Patel |first=Sahil |date=May 15, 2017 |work=[[Digiday]] |access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref> The channel has over 11.5<!--PLEASE DON'T UPDATE WITHOUT UPDATING THE {{as of}} TEMPLATE AND REFERENCE ACCESS DATE --> million subscribers and over 3.<!--PLEASE DON'T UPDATE WITHOUT UPDATING THE {{as of}} TEMPLATE AND REFERENCE ACCESS DATE -->2 billion views {{as of|2023|9|03|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref name="VoxYTabout" >{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/about |title=Vox Channel About Page |website=youtube.com|access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref> Content surrounds current affairs, timelines of certain events, and interesting facts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/featured |title=Vox Channel Home Page |website=youtube.com |access-date=April 21, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2018, ''Vox'' partnered with [[Netflix]] to release a weekly TV show called ''[[Explained (TV series)|Explained]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.recode.net/2018/5/24/17386554/vox-netflix-explained-ezra-klein-explainer-video-youtube-peter-kafka-media-podcast |title=Why Vox's Netflix show 'Explained' is different from Vox's YouTube videos, explained (by Ezra Klein) |work=Recode|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40575395/voxs-netflix-ambitions-are-just-the-beginning |title=Vox's new Netflix show is just the start of its video ambitions |date=May 23, 2018 |first=Cale Guthrie |last=Weissman |journal=Fast Company |access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>

=== Podcasts ===
[[File:Michael Bennet with Zack Beauchamp on Wordly - 2019.jpg|thumb|Zack Beauchamp interviewing [[Michael Bennet]] for the ''Worldly'' podcast in 2019]]
''Vox'' distributes numerous podcasts, all hosted by ''Vox'' staff, as part of the ''[[Vox Media Podcast Network]]'':<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vox Media Podcasts Network|url=https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=podcasts.voxmedia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Podcasts">{{cite web |title=Podcasts |url=https://www.vox.com/pages/podcasts |website=Vox |date=June 10, 2016 |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
* ''The Weeds'' is a twice-weekly [[round table (discussion)|roundtable]] podcast, hosted by Yglesias and immigration correspondent Dara Lind, focusing on U.S. national news with a focus on the fine details of public policy.<ref name="Podcasts" /><ref>{{cite web |title=The Weeds |url=https://www.vox.com/the-weeds |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vox's The Weeds |url=https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/voxs-the-weeds |website=Stitcher |access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref> Senior politics reporter Jane Coaston was a regular co-host before joining the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-06|title=Jane Coaston Named New Host of "The Argument"|url=https://www.nytco.com/press/jane-coaston-named-new-host-of-the-argument/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The New York Times Company|language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''The Gray Area with Sean Illing'' (formerly the "Vox Conversations" podcast) is a weekly interview podcast in which Sean Illing and other hosts across the Vox newsroom interview guests in politics, media, science, and culture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vox Conversations |url=https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref>
* ''I Think You're Interesting'' is a weekly interview podcast about the arts, entertainment, and pop culture, hosted by ''Vox''{{'}}s "critic at large" [[Emily St. James]].<ref name="Podcasts" /><ref>{{cite web |title=I Think You're Interesting |url=https://www.vox.com/i-think-youre-interesting |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
* ''Worldly'' (2017–21) was a weekly roundtable podcast focusing on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, hosted by ''Vox'' foreign-and-security-policy writers Jennifer Williams, Zach Beauchamp, and Alex Ward; [[Yochi Dreazen]] also previously hosted.<ref name="Podcasts" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Worldly |url=https://www.vox.com/worldly |website=Vox |date=June 10, 2016 |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
* ''The Impact'' is a weekly narrative podcast hosted by Kliff investigating the effects of policy decisions in practice.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Impact |url=https://www.vox.com/the-impact |website=Vox |date=June 10, 2016 |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
* ''Today, Explained'' is a daily podcast, hosted by Sean Ramaswaram and Noel King, providing short explanations of items in the news.<ref name="Podcasts" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Today, Explained |url=https://www.vox.com/today-explained |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021|title=The Ambies: 2021 Winners|url=https://www.ambies.com/2021winners#BestNewsPodcast|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107195300/https://www.ambies.com/2021winners|archive-date=November 7, 2021|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=[[Ambies]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2022|title=Noel King|url=https://www.vox.com/authors/noel-king|website=Vox|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref>
* ''Future Perfect'' is a weekly podcast, hosted by [[Dylan Matthews]], exploring provocative ideas with the potential to radically improve the world, often discussing ideas associated with [[effective altruism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/15/17924288/future-perfect-explained|title=Future Perfect, explained|last=Matthews|first=Dylan|date=October 15, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/15/17962134/future-perfect-podcast-kidney-donation|title=How to save a stranger's life (Future Perfect Podcast Ep. 1)|last=Matthews|first=Dylan|date=October 15, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/28/18114601/future-perfect-podcast-career-choice|title=How to pick a career that counts|last=Matthews|first=Dylan|date=November 28, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref>
* ''Primetime'' is a short-run podcast hosted by Emily St. James. Season 1 (six episodes) focused on TV's relationship with the presidency and was released on a weekly schedule.<ref name="Podcasts" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/primetime-podcast|title=Primetime|website=vox.com|access-date=2019-06-08|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605071307/https://www.vox.com/primetime-podcast|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''Unexplainable'' is a weekly science podcast hosted by Noam Hassenfeld and a panel of experts exploring unanswered questions and the ways scientists are trying to answer them.<ref name="Podcasts" />
*''Land of the Giants'' is a weekly podcast hosted by Shirin Ghaffary and Alex Kantrowitz where each season covers a tech giant like [[Google]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Uber]], [[Netflix]], and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and their dominance in their respective technology sector.<ref name="Podcasts" />
*''Vox Quick Hits'' was a daily podcast consisting of short episodes covering topics in news, politics, and pop culture. Vox Quick Hits ended on September 10, 2021.<ref name="Podcasts" />

== Reception ==
In March 2014, before it had officially launched, ''Vox'' was criticized by [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] media commentators, including [[Erick Erickson]], for a video<ref>{{cite web |last=Yglesias |first=Matthew |title=Stop freaking out about the debt |date=March 28, 2014 |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/3/28/5559052/stop-freaking-out-about-the-debt |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref> it had published arguing the [[U.S. public debt]] "isn't a problem right now".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/ezra-kleins-vox-is-already-being-labeled-left-wing-propaganda-by-conservatives/359709/ |title=Ezra Klein's Vox Is Already Being Labeled 'Left-Wing Propaganda' by Conservatives |last=Cosman |first=Ben |newspaper=The Atlantic |language=en-US|access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>

The website's launch received significant media attention.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/vox-explains-it-all/ |title=How Vox is going to make its way to the top |date=April 7, 2014 |newspaper=The Daily Dot|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> Websites noted that the launch came around the same time as other data and explainer websites like ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'' and the ''[[New York Times]]''{{'}} [[The Upshot]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/22/upshot-vox-fivethirtyeight-data-journalism-golden-age |title=The Upshot, Vox and FiveThirtyEight: data journalism's golden age, or TMI? |date=April 22, 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/07/klein-launches-vox/7420053/ |title=Ezra Klein launches news site Vox.com |newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> ''Vox'' was described as trying to act as a "[[Wikipedia]] for ongoing news stories".<ref name=":5" />

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry at ''[[The Week]]'' argued that the website produced "partisan commentary in question-and-answer disguise" and criticized the site for having a "starting lineup [that] was mostly made up of ideological liberals".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theweek.com/articles/445880/vox-derp-intellectual-stagnation-left |title=Vox, derp, and the intellectual stagnation of the left |website=[[The Week]]|date=June 26, 2014 |access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Week]]''{{'}}s Ryu Spaeth described the site's operations as  "...essentially tak[ing] the news (in other words, what is happening in the world at any given moment in time) and fram[ing] it in a way that appeals to its young, liberal audience."<ref>{{Cite news |first=Ryu |last=Spaeth |url=https://theweek.com/articles/567586/gawker-meltdown-voxification-news-media |title=The Gawker meltdown and the Vox-ification of the news media |date=July 21, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> Damon Linker also criticized them, calling them "a parody of liberal faux-neutrality," and that "partisanship is so obvious," in an Obama interview they conducted, "that it's hard to imagine anyone being fooled."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theweek.com/articles/557588/isis-still-losing-why-vox-keeps-getting-news-wrong | title=Is ISIS still losing? Why Vox keeps getting the news wrong | website=[[The Week]] | date=May 29, 2015 }}</ref>

''[[The Economist]]'', commenting on Klein's launching essay "How politics makes us stupid",<ref name="Klein-Politics">{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Ezra |title=How politics makes us stupid |date=April 5, 2014 |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/4/6/5556462/brain-dead-how-politics-makes-us-stupid |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref> said the website was "bright and promising" and site's premise of "more, better, and more lucidly presented information" was "profoundly honourable", and positively compared the site's mission to [[John Keats]]'s [[negative capability]].<ref name=":4" /> In an opinion piece in ''[[The Washington Times]]'', [[Christopher J. Harper]] criticized the site for numerous reporting mistakes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/7/christopher-harper-vox-news-website-needs-to-take-/?page=all |title=Vox news website needs to take serious look at how it 'reinvents' journalism |last=Harper |first=Christopher |date=January 7, 2015 |website=The Washington Times |access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref>

The co-founder of ''Vox'', [[Matthew Yglesias]], after leaving the company, stated in an interview for ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that he was at odds not just with those at ''Vox'', but mainstream media as a whole, saying "'The people making the media are young college graduates in big cities, and that kind of politics makes a lot of sense to them,' he said. 'And we keep seeing that older people, and working-class people of all races and ethnicities, just don't share that entire worldview.'"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/substack-and-medias-groupthink-problem/617102/ | title=Why Matthew Yglesias Left Vox | website=[[The Atlantic]] | date=November 13, 2020 }}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
In 2015, the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] presented [[Julia Belluz]] the Robert B. Balles Prize for Critical Thinking for her work on ''Vox''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fidalgo |first1=Paul |title=CSI's Balles Prize in Critical Thinking Awarded to Julia Belluz of Vox.com |journal=Skeptical Inquirer |date=2016 |volume=40 |issue=5 |page=6}}</ref>

Original programming by ''Vox'' has been recognized by the [[News & Documentary Emmy Award]]s, which are presented by the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]. In 2017, the documentary ''2016 Olympics: What Rio Doesn't Want the World to See'' was nominated in the "Outstanding News Special" category, ''Vox Pop'' was nominated in the "Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report" and "Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction" categories,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Tim |title=Vox Entertainment is developing a TV show with Vox.com's Emmy-nominated YouTube producer |url=https://digiday.com/media/vox-entertainment-developing-tv-show-vox-coms-emmy-nominated-youtube-producer/ |access-date=September 5, 2018 |work=Digiday |date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> and ''The Secret Life of Muslims'' was nominated in the "Outstanding Short Documentary" category.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominees for the 38th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Announced |url=http://emmyonline.com/download/news_38th_nominations_Final.pdf |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910230144/http://emmyonline.com/download/news_38th_nominations_Final.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018, ''Borders'' was nominated in the "Outstanding Video Journalism: News" category,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Caroline |title=How Vox expanded its network by crowdsourcing for its latest documentary series |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/vox-continues-to-expand-its-network-crowdsourcing-for-its-latest-documentary-series/s2/a726572/ |access-date=September 5, 2018 |work=[[Journalism.co.uk]] |date=August 23, 2018}}</ref> and ''Earworm'' received nominations in the "Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction" and "Outstanding New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture" categories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_39th_nominations_v03.pdf |publisher=[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |title=Nominees for the 39th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Announced |date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916164000/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_39th_nominations_v03.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Between 2017 and 2021, Vox journalists David Roberts, Umair Irfan, and Rebecca Leber won five [[SEAL Awards]] for environmental journalism.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-winners-seal-2017/ | title=2017 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners| website=[[SEAL Awards]] | date=2017-09-17 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2018/ | title=2018 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced | website=[[SEAL Awards]] | date=2018-11-12 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2019/ | title=2019 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced | website=[[SEAL Awards]] | date=2020-02-13 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2021/ | title=Twelve Journalists Recognized as 2021 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners | website=[[SEAL Awards]] | date=2022-06-21 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
In November 2022, it was reported by ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' magazine that [[Sam Bankman-Fried]]—founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange [[FTX (company)|FTX]]—had issued major grants to a number of predominantly [[left-wing politics|left-leaning]] political media outlets including ''Vox''.<ref name="Reason, Soave, Nov. 21st, 2022">{{cite web |last1=Soave |first1=Robby |title=Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty? |url=https://reason.com/2022/11/21/sam-bankman-fried-journalism-funding-crypto-fraud-media/ |website=reason.com |date=November 21, 2022 |publisher=Reason |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>

== Readership ==
''Vox'' received 8.2 million unique visitors in July 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weigel |first=David |date=August 23, 2014 |title=Here's What You Need to Know About Politico's Coverage of Vox, in Two Charts |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/08/23/here_s_what_you_need_to_know_about_politico_s_coverage_of_vox_in_two_charts.html |access-date=July 26, 2018 |website=Slate}}</ref> In October 2021, readership was estimated to be 19.7 million visitors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.similarweb.com/website/vox.com|title=vox.com Traffic Statistics|website=SimilarWeb|language=en|access-date=2021-12-29}}</ref>

In a 2017 interview on [[Nieman Lab]], Klein stated: "We watch our audience data pretty closely, and our audience data does not show or suggest to us that we are overwhelmingly read on one side or the other of the political sphere, which is good.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/ezra-klein-hopes-vox-can-change-the-fact-that-people-who-are-more-into-the-news-read-the-news-more/ |title=Ezra Klein hopes Vox can change the fact that 'people who are more into the news read the news more' |work=Nieman Lab|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{Portal-inline|Journalism}}
* [[Vox Media]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}

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