Vox’s new membership program, explained

Since our founding in 2014, you’ve supported Vox in our mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world so that we can all help shape a better one. We think of you — our audience — as being at the heart of everything we do. With every story, podcast, and video we create, we ask ourselves: What does our audience need to know about this topic? What matters to them? What questions do they have? Our journalists strive to bring you clarity, context, and nuance on all the topics that affect your world and your daily life. Together, we’ve learned about everything from artificial intelligence, the Supreme Court, and meatless meat to personal finance, climate solutions, parenting, and more. This vital journalism wouldn’t have been possible without the continued support of our readers, listeners, and video audience.

That’s why today we’re launching the Vox Membership program. It’s a celebration of our decade-long commitment to serve our audience and build our community. This program will allow us to offer you deeper access to Vox than ever before. 

So what does it mean to be a Vox Member? What kind of cool perks do you get? And why is Vox doing this? 

Why is Vox launching a membership program?

Quality journalism is expensive to produce. We rely partly on direct support from our audience to fund our work. For the past four years, people have been contributing to Vox because they believe in our mission of creating smart, approachable journalism.

With our new membership program, we plan to build on that foundation by creating a closer two-way relationship between our audience and Vox. 

So what exactly is the Vox Membership program? What do I get for joining?

It’s a new community with some exciting perks. Most importantly, you’ll help Vox continue to produce the journalism that you rely on to understand the world around you. But we’ll also be rolling out special benefits to members to thank them for their support. Members will receive: 

• Biweekly editions of The Vox Explainer members-only newsletter, which goes behind the scenes on how we make our journalism.
• Access to The Highlight, our members-only digital magazine, which includes a selection of in-depth features, conversation-driving essays, definitive explainers, and more.
• The Highlight Podcast, a monthly bonus podcast included with the digital magazine, featuring a rotating cast of Vox podcast hosts and journalists talking with an expert at the forefront of their field working on an idea or pursuit that feels important, novel, and exciting.
• Invitations to exclusive quarterly Q&As with our journalists and subject-matter experts on topics like artificial intelligence, family policy, and climate solutions. 
• Live virtual tapings of select episodes of Vox podcasts. 
• Interactive video interviews with voices from our video team
• More members-only newsletters in the months ahead, including the monthly Ask a Book Critic, a special members-only edition of Vox’s Constance Grady’s upcoming newsletter.

And that’s just the start — we’ve got more planned and we want to hear from you about how we can build this community in the months ahead. 

How do I become a Vox Member? 

If you have already committed to a recurring monthly or annual contribution to Vox, you don’t need to do anything else. You can now consider yourself a Vox Member and you can expect to hear from us on your new benefits! Thank you for your continuing support.

If you’re not already a recurring contributor, become a member by clicking right here. Vox Members make recurring contributions of at least $5 per month or $50 per year. Reliable support from our audience allows us to invest in ambitious projects and continue to cover the most important issues and ideas shaping society.

Can I still make a one-time contribution?

Vox’s mission is to make reliable news coverage accessible to everyone, and that isn’t changing. We created Vox Membership to encourage recurring support and express our gratitude to those who are able to make that commitment. However, one-time contributions to our newsroom are as important as ever and we’re working on ways to keep one-time contributors informed on what’s new at Vox. 

How do I access my member benefits?

Once you’ve signed up, you’ll start hearing from us via email. We’ll make sure that you’re getting the latest behind-the-scenes information from the Vox newsroom and access to all the perks that members receive. It’s as simple as that. And if you ever experience issues or have a question for us, email us at membership@vox.com. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Thank you for supporting us for the last 10 years. We hope you’ll join us for the next decade and join the Vox Membership program today.