Vice News
| Vice News | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 2013 |
| Owned by | Vice Media |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Website | https://news.vice.com |
| Streaming media | |
| YouTube | Vice News |
VICE News is the name of Vice Media's current affairs brand, consisting primarily of documentaries. It was created in December 2013 as a division of Vice Media, Inc. VICE News promotes itself on its coverage of events that may not be as well covered by other news sources. VICE News creates content daily, distributing written articles and video on its website and YouTube channel.[1] VICE News is based in New York City, though it has bureaus worldwide.
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Background[edit]
In December of 2013, Vice Media expanded its international news division into an independent division dedicated to news exclusively and created VICE News. Vice Media put $50 million into its news division, which now has 34 bureaus worldwide and has been praised for in-depth coverage of international news.[2] VICE News has primarily targeted a younger demographic audience comprised predominantly of millennials following on the same audience target to which its parent company appeals.[3]
History[edit]
Before VICE News was founded, Vice published news documentaries and news reports from around the world through its YouTube channel alongside other programming. Vice had previously published reporting about various events and conflicts overseas including Crime in Venezuela, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Protests in Turkey, the North Korean regime, the Syrian Civil War, and much more through their own YouTube channel and website. After the creation of VICE News as a separate division, its reporting greatly increased with worldwide coverage starting immediately with videos published on YouTube and articles on its website daily ever since.[4]
In August 2013, Rupert Murdoch's corporation 21st Century Fox invested $70 million (US) in Vice Media (of which VICE News is a division), resulting in a 5% stake.[5][6]
On 29 August 2014, A&E Networks—a joint venture of Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company—announced it would acquire a 10% minority stake in Vice Media, VICE News' parent company, for $250 million.[7]
On 17 September 2014, VICE News launched a mobile phone application designed for iOS.[8]
In November 2014, Vice launched its French-language version.
Reporters[edit]
VICE News has more than 100 members of its reporting and editorial staff in 35 bureaus around the world including New York, London, Berlin, Mexico City, São Paulo, Los Angeles, Istanbul, Moscow, Beijing, and Kabul.[9][10] On April 21st of 2014 while covering the conflict in Ukraine, Simon Ostrovsky, a VICE News reporter was kidnapped by pro-Russian militia and held for three days until being released in Sloviansk. [11][12] In 2015 two journalists and their translator were arrested in Turkey. The two journalists were released.
Programming and content[edit]
Ever since its creation, VICE News has been covering 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 didn't necessarily receive much coverage in the news but are still important. It also publishes daily articles on its website on a variety of world news stories covering a broad range of current events topics, along with maintaining a VICE News Wire on the main page of its website where it displays wire reports from around the world. [13] It has several prominent past and ongoing documentary series including:
- Russian Roulette: A series presented by Simon Ostrovsky that covers the Ukrainian conflict in-depth starting in Crimea and now in Eastern Ukraine. As of April 30th, 2015 it has 108 dispatches and is ongoing.[14]
- The Battle For Iraq: Covering the post-war insurgency in Iraq
- Rockets and Revenge: Covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in mid-2014[15]
- The Sahara's Forgotten War: Covering the Western Sahara conflict
- The Afghan Interpreters: Covering the struggles of Afghan interpreters working for the US military in acquiring visas
- Murder, Mayhem, and Meditation: Covering the prison crisis in the US at Salinas Valley State Prison
- Contra A Copa: Covering the protests against the world cup in Brazil
- Venezuela Rising: Covering the Venezuelan anti-government protests
- The Islamic State: Covering the expansion of the Islamic State from the inside with exclusive access[16]
- Live from Ferguson: Providing live coverage of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri from both sides of the protest[17]
- Ghosts of Aleppo: Covering the Syrian civil war between rebels, the regime, and ISIS.
- On The Line: A weekly YouTube livestream where viewers are able to ask the correspondents questions via Skype.
- The militarization of America's police forces and Central American refugess fleeing street gangs borne in American prisons to cross the American border
- Global Warming and the undeniable evidence of the melting of Antarctica's glaciers
- The buildup of military forces of Russia with Scandinavians assisted by American military
Television series[edit]
- Vice on City: A weekly television series on City Canada of documentaries that highlight Vice News reporting.[18]
- Vice on HBO: A weekly television series on HBO
Main article: Vice (TV series)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "About Us". VICE News. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ^ "Vice News Launches, Promising 'Changing Of The Guard In Media'". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Vice News, where video works". Politico. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Vice News Is Seriously Very Serious (SRSLY)". Advertising Age. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ Ben Quinn (17 August 2013). "Rupert Murdoch firm dips into hipsters' bible with $70m stake in Vice". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ Anthony Ha (16 August 2013). "Fox Invests in Vice, A Media Company That Makes Money Being Terrible And Brilliant". TechCrunch. AOL, Inc. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "A&E Networks Buying Minority Stake in Vice Media". 29 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "VICE News Launches New Mobile App", Vice News. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ "Vice News wants to take documentary-style storytelling to hot spots around the globe". Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "A First Look at VICE News with Shane Smith". VICE. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Vice Reporter Simon Ostrovsky 'Kidnapped' In Ukraine". Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Vice Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky Released In Ukraine". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Vice Media Bulks Up News Division". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Russian Roulette: Dispatch 89", Vice News YouTube Channel. Retrieved January 31st, 2015.
- ^ "Rockets and Revenge: Dispatch 11", Vice News YouTube Channel. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ "The Islamic State (Full Length)", Vice News YouTube Channel. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ "Live Coverage From Ferguson: After the Curfew", Vice News YouTube Channel. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ http://www.citytv.com/toronto/shows/vice-on-city/
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