American media news outlet
This article is about the website and YouTube channel. For its parent company, see
Vice Media
. For the related TV program, see
Vice News Tonight
.
Television channel
Vice News
(stylized as
VICE News
) is
Vice Media
's alternative current affairs channel, producing daily documentary essays and
video
through its website and
YouTube
channel. It promotes itself on its coverage of "under-reported stories".
[1]
Vice News was created in December 2013 and is based in New York City, though it has bureaus worldwide.
History
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Before Vice News was founded,
Vice
published news documentaries and news reports from around the world through its
YouTube
channel alongside other programs.
Vice
had reported on events such as
crime in Venezuela
, the
Israeli?Palestinian conflict
,
protests in Turkey
, the
North Korean
and
Iranian
regimes, and the
Syrian Civil War
through their own YouTube channel and website. After the creation of Vice News as a separate division, its reporting increased with worldwide coverage starting immediately with videos published on YouTube and articles on its website daily.
[2]
In December 2013, Vice Media expanded its international news division into an independent division dedicated exclusively to news and created Vice News. Vice Media put $50
million into its news division, setting up 34
bureaus
worldwide and drawing praise for its in-depth coverage of international news.
[3]
Vice News has primarily targeted a younger audience comprised predominantly of
millennials
, the same audience to which its parent company appeals.
[4]
In November 2014, Vice News launched its French-language version.
[5]
[6]
In October 2015, Vice hired
Josh Tyrangiel
to run a daily Vice News show for
HBO
.
[7]
Tyrangiel had recently left
Bloomberg Businessweek
, where he was reported to be "a divisive figure who was both admired and despised during his six years there."
[8]
Tyrangiel named Ryan McCarthy, formerly an assistant editor of
The New York Times
, as editor-in-chief of Vice News.
[9]
In May 2016, it was announced that Tyrangiel had been promoted to oversee all of Vice News. As the announcement was made, Tyrangiel promptly laid off some 20 editorial and production staff members.
[10]
In an interview given the previous week, Vice Media founder
Shane Smith
called Tyrangiel "a murderer," foretelling a "bloodbath" in digital media.
[11]
That June, Tyrangiel touted various new hires he had brought aboard as part of his team.
[12]
In December 2016, it was announced that Vice News had entered into a partnership with
The Guardian
newspaper that would include
Guardian
journalists working at Vice's offices in
East London
and contributing to the two HBO television programs currently on the air. It will also include allowing
The Guardian
access to Vice's video production skills with content distributed to its millennial-skewed global audience.
[13]
On May 15, 2023, Vice Media formally filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy
, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including
Fortress Investment Group
, which will, alongside
Soros Fund Management
and Monroe Capital, invest $225
million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets.
[14]
In February 2024, Vice Media announced it would shutter the vice.com website and cut hundreds of jobs.
[15]
Reporters
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Vice News had more than 100 members of its reporting and editorial staff in 35 bureaus around the world including
New York City
,
Toronto
,
London
,
Berlin
,
Mexico City
,
Sao Paulo
,
Los Angeles
,
Istanbul
,
Moscow
,
Beijing
, and
Kabul
.
[16]
[17]
On April 21, 2014, while covering the
Russo-Ukrainian War
, Vice News reporter
Simon Ostrovsky
was kidnapped by
pro-Russian separatist forces
and held for three days before being released in
Sloviansk
.
[18]
[19]
Programming and content
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Since its creation, Vice News has covered emerging events and widespread issues around the world. Every day it publishes a daily news capsule called "News Beyond the Headlines" where it briefly covers four daily stories which did not receive much coverage by other mainstream news outlets but it still considers important. It also publishes daily articles on its website on a variety of world current events, along with maintaining a Vice News Wire where it displays wire reports from around the world.
[20]
It has several past and ongoing documentary series including:
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
;
civil war in Iraq
; the
Israeli?Palestinian conflict
; the
Western Sahara conflict
; the struggles of Afghan interpreters working for the US military in acquiring visas; the prison crisis in the US at
Salinas Valley State Prison
;
protests against the FIFA World Cup in Brazil
;
Venezuelan anti-government protests
; expansion of the
Islamic State
;
protests in Ferguson, Missouri
; the
Syrian Civil War
; the militarization of America's police forces and
Central American refugees
fleeing street gangs borne in
American prisons
to cross the American border;
global warming
and the evidence of the
melting of Antarctica's glaciers
; and the build-up of military forces of Russia with Scandinavians assisted by the American military.
[21]
Television series
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- Vice on City
: A weekly television series on
City
, a Canadian television network, of documentaries that highlight Vice News reporting.
[22]
- Vice
: A newsmagazine television series on
Showtime
- Vice News Tonight
: A daily evening news broadcast on
Vice TV
Reception
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As of October 2023
[update]
, the Vice News YouTube page had 8.7
million subscribers and over 3
billion views in total.
[23]
In August 2014, Vice News was described by
The Guardian
as one of the fastest growing channels on YouTube.
[24]
Lara Pendergast, deputy online editor at the UK magazine
The Spectator
, suggests that Vice News gets its strength and popularity by getting younger audiences to become more and more interested about international news in a way that traditional media has not. "Its videos may fail every rule in the
BBC
impartiality book, but they are brilliantly edited and, often, utterly compelling. Vice News has found young, fearless foreign correspondents to serve a youthful audience who are bored stiff by traditional outlets but are quite prepared to watch videos on their mobile phones."
[25]
"Vice's brand image marketing as an edgy, hip outlet have helped drive its popularity with young people", says media critic Charles Johnson. "Mainstream media is not trusted by a lot of people, and rightly so, so they [Vice] step in and fill in", he says. "People see a sense of fun behind it.
Jon Stewart
is very popular, but he's an entertainer. Vice is something similar."
[26]
Rick Edmonds, media and business analyst at the
Poynter Institute
, critiques Vice News' reporting as "raw and tasteless sometimes" and more akin to personal essays than balanced journalism. Other critiques mention that its work is more affiliated with entertainment than hard-hitting news.
[26]
In a 2013 opinion piece for
U.S. News & World Report
, editor of the New York-based
Foreign Policy Association
Robert Nolan, stated that Vice's
North Korea
reporting was "more
Jackass
TV series
than journalism".
[26]
[27]
Awards
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Vice News has won four
Peabody Awards
for its documentary programs,
The Islamic State
[28]
and
Last Chance High
[29]
in 2015
,
Charlottesville: Race and Terror
in 2017
,
[30]
and
Losing Ground
in 2020
.
[31]
In 2020,
Emily Green
of Vice News jointly won the first
Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting
with
This American Life
and
Molly O'Toole
of the
Los Angeles Times
for their collaboration on "The Out Crowd", an investigative podcast episode on the effects of the
Remain in Mexico
policy.
[32]
In 2021, Vice News won the
Rory Peck Award
for "Uyghurs Who Fled China Now Face Repression in Pakistan",
[33]
the
Lorenzo Natali Media Prize
for "Rohingya Brides Thought They Were Fleeing Violence. Then They Met Their Grooms.",
[34]
the
Online Journalism Award
for "The Story of...",
[35]
and two
Edward R. Murrow Awards
for "Say Her Name: Investigating the Death of Breonna Taylor" and "Life Under Bombs: On the Frontlines of Fighting in Azerbaijan".
[36]
In 2022, Vice News won the
Alfred I. duPont?Columbia University Award
for "The Shockwave".
[37]
From 2018 to 2021, Vice News received more
News & Documentary Emmy Award
nominations each year than any other organization.
[38]
In 2021, Vice News received 23 nominations for News & Documentary Emmy Awards, winning four.
[39]
References
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- ^
"About Us"
. Vice News. Archived from
the original
on July 3, 2014
. Retrieved
July 11,
2014
.
- ^
Dumenco, Simon (March 4, 2014).
"Vice News Is Seriously Very Serious (SRSLY)"
.
Advertising Age
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Bercovici, Jeff (March 4, 2014).
"Vice News Launches, Promising 'Changing Of The Guard In Media'
"
.
Forbes
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Byers, Dylan (February 26, 2014).
"Vice News, where video works"
.
Politico
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Mosbergen, Dominique (October 17, 2014).
"Vice News To Expand Globally"
.
The Huffington Post
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Sweney, Mark (October 17, 2014).
"Vice Media expands news channel to seven new countries"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Jarvey, Natalie (October 14, 2015).
"Vice Taps Former Bloomberg Businessweek Editor to Run Daily HBO Show"
.
Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
November 10,
2020
.
- ^
Grove, Lloyd (October 2, 2015).
"Why Bloomberg's Top Editor Quit?and Why It Shows Mike Bloomberg Is Back in Charge"
.
The Daily Beast
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Sterne, Peter (April 18, 2016).
"Vice News names Ryan McCarthy editor in chief"
.
Politico
. Retrieved
February 13,
2018
.
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Quinn, Ben; Jackson, Jasper (May 24, 2016).
"Vice Media lays off 20 staff in restructuring plans"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Valinsky, Jordan (May 20, 2016).
"Vice's Shane Smith: 'Expect a bloodbath' in media within the next year"
.
Digiday
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Spangler, Todd (June 1, 2016).
"Vice News Touts New Hires in Staff Reshuffle Under Josh Tyrangiel"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Sweney, Mark (December 8, 2016).
"Guardian announces partnership with Vice"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
December 8,
2016
.
- ^
Whittock, Jesse (May 15, 2023).
"Vice Media Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy"
.
Deadline Hollywood
. Retrieved
May 15,
2023
.
- ^
Oi, Mariko (February 23, 2024).
"Vice Media stops publishing on website and cuts hundreds of jobs"
.
BBC News
. Retrieved
February 28,
2024
.
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Ellis, Justin (January 7, 2014).
"Vice News wants to take documentary-style storytelling to hot spots around the globe"
.
NiemanLab
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
A First Look at VICE News with Shane Smith
. Vice. January 8, 2014
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
– via YouTube.
- ^
Elgot, Jessica (April 22, 2014).
"Vice Reporter 'Kidnapped' In Ukraine"
.
The Huffington Post
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Calderone, Michael (April 24, 2014).
"Vice Correspondent Released In Ukraine"
.
The Huffington Post
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Launder, William (November 12, 2013).
"Vice Media Bulks Up News Division"
.
The Wall Street Journal
.
Archived
from the original on August 28, 2014
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
"VICE News - YouTube"
.
www.youtube.com
. Retrieved
January 25,
2021
.
- ^
"VICE on City"
. City. Archived from
the original
on July 5, 2015
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
"VICE News - YouTube"
.
www.youtube.com
.
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Sweney, Mark (August 23, 2014).
"Vice News sparks debate on engaging younger viewers"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
Prendergast, Lara (August 16, 2014).
"Scoops, snark and jihad ? this is Vice News's war"
.
The Spectator
.
Archived
from the original on October 15, 2023
. Retrieved
October 15,
2023
.
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a
b
c
Goldner, Tracey (September 25, 2014).
"Vice News thrives with young audience, controversy"
.
Global Journalist
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
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Swaine, Jon (March 2, 2014).
"Vice's Shane Smith: 'Young people are angry and leaving TV in droves'
"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
August 1,
2016
.
- ^
"The Islamic State"
.
The Peabody Awards
. 2015
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"Last Chance High"
.
The Peabody Awards
. 2015
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"Charlottesville: Race and Terror"
.
The Peabody Awards
. 2017
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"VICE on Showtime: Losing Ground"
.
The Peabody Awards
. 2021
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"The 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Audio Reporting"
.
The Pulitzer Prizes
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"Announcing the winners of the 2021 Rory Peck Awards"
.
Rory Peck Trust
. November 17, 2021
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"Lorenzo Natali Media Prize"
. January 27, 2020
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
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"2021 Online Journalism Awards Finalists"
.
Online Journalism Awards
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"2021 National Edward R. Murrow Award winners"
.
Radio Television Digital News Association
. Archived from
the original
on November 22, 2021
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
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"2022 duPont-Columbia Award Winners"
.
Columbia Journalism School
. February 8, 2022
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
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Ellefson, Lindsey (September 28, 2021).
"Vice's 'Boots on the Ground' Coverage Earns 23 Emmy Noms - Tops in News and Documentary"
.
TheWrap
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
- ^
"The 42nd News & Documentary Emmys Nominees"
.
The Emmys
. July 26, 2021
. Retrieved
April 5,
2022
.
External links
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- Official website
(in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Serbian, Greek, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, and Indonesian)
- Vice News
's channel
on
YouTube
- Vice on City (TV network)
- The Islamic State (Full Length)
? documentary about the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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