Our mission

Axios gets you smarter, faster on what matters.

Manifesto, 2021 & beyond

We launched Axios in January 2017 based on this shared belief: The world needed smarter, more efficient coverage of the topics shaping the fast-changing world. We pledged to put our audience first, always.   

We met our promise and offered an antidote to this madness. Now, we are focusing our minds and manpower on a much bigger problem faced by all consumers: the erosion of truth, trust, safety and sanity in news. This is an existential threat to our democracy. It will require extraordinary effort by us and others to correct.   

In this spirit, we offer the following Axios Bill of Rights, a list of promises to our readers, listeners and viewers. We urge you to hold us accountable for living up to our obligations to you.   

1. Every item will be written or produced by a real person with a real identity. There will be NO AI-written stories.* NO bots. NO fake accounts. 
2. We take responsibility for all content that appears on our public platforms, putting the pressure on us to provide the highest level of scrutiny.
3. Every item will be written or produced to inform, analyze and explain. Axios will never be a platform for incitement or argument. We will never have an opinion section. 
4. We will sacrifice scale for quality, and always aim to save you time by delivering content in the most efficient and healthy way.
5. We will be transparent about how we make money and provide clear ways for you to tell us how we can better serve you. (Email us at [email protected].)
6. We will play no games with your data or privacy. We will be careful and transparent, and will provide clear, intuitive ways for you to know how your data is handled. Reach us here for questions or comments.
7. We are committed to helping revive local journalism — and invite local readers to help us best serve their community. (Email us at [email protected].)
8. We will go the extra mile to earn your trust. All employees are asked to refrain from taking/advocating for public positions on political topics. 
9. We will always cover the topics of greatest consequence with clinical, critical and balanced eyes. For more details on the fact-based framework guiding our coverage, read our editorial ethics policy. 
10. We believe high-quality journalism should not be an exclusive privilege. We will provide free access to the majority of our content.

‍*We are currently evaluating generative AI tools to explore how they might augment our journalism. We presently do not use any AI in content creation. We will update this manifesto if this changes.