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We take our audience’s trust very seriously in everything we do. All of our journalists pledge to follow our Code of Ethics, part of which we share below.
Axios’ editorial team always aims to discern the truth, verify its accuracy and write in an objective manner without conflicts of interest.
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Diversity and inclusion is not only important to us as a company overall, but we aim to incorporate this into editorial writing as much as possible. When researching topics, we will listen with an open mind to as many diverse voices as possible to report with fairness.