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The AP guide says writers can ignore the rule when an abortion article is focused on women’s rights and feminism, however.
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The Vox Media language guide also instructs reporters to use gender-neutral language when discussing abortion, in contrast to guidance from the Associated Press discouraging the use of phrases like “pregnant people” in abortion coverage. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images) Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during a conference in Brussels on January 20, 2020. It encourages writers to use transgender people’s preferred names and pronouns and discourages phrases that acknowledge an individual’s sex at birth. One entry claims that the public use of a transgender person’s “deadname,” or birth name, puts transgender people at risk of violence and harassment. “Referring to children more broadly in gender-neutral terms rather than with a phrase like ‘boys and girls’ acknowledges that gender is now understood in many circles as a spectrum rather than a binary,” the guide says. “This project was established by Vox Media, created in consultation with leaders from across the media industry, and developed with funding from the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge starting in December 2020,” the Vox article read. The guide, which is meant to be used by outlets across the country, encourages journalists to avoid gendered words like “boy” and “girl” and links to “inclusivity readers” they can hire to correct their language. The Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge, a project that funds online journalism, is funding Vox Media’s new language guide for writers, “Language, Please,” Vox Media said in an article announcing the publication of the guide.
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Google is funding a Vox Media initiative to promote gender ideology and activist language in newsrooms nationwide, according to an announcement from Vox Media.