Here’s what VegNews says now (about the non-vegan photos thing). Thanks, VegNews, for a reasonable response. Now we can FINALLY go back to talking about Natalie Portman.

April 18, 2011

Dear VegNews Community,

We screwed up.

With regard to our use of symbolic imagery in VegNews, our readers got it right. We wholeheartedly apologize. We assure you that we will never again use non-vegan photographs in VegNews.

Here’s our commitment to you:

• Recipes in VegNews will be represented only by custom vegan photography.
Count on it.

• All stock images used in the magazine and website will be vegan. We will make sure so that you can be sure.

• VegNews will build and host a vegan photo bank to assure the availability of vegan stock images. Look for details in the coming days.

We thank everyone for the invaluable feedback on this critical issue. We exist only to serve you and the vegan cause, and are grateful that you care so passionately about our work.

The VegNews team is committed to restoring the trust we have earned for eleven years.

Together, let’s build a compassionate future.

With gratitude,
Joseph Connelly, Publisher
Colleen Holland, Associate Publisher
Sutton Long, Art Director
Elizabeth Castoria, Managing Editor

1 Comment

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   vegbuddhalife

   on April 19, 2011 at 10:25 am #

   I’m glad that VegNews has opted to do the right thing. Hopefully it was the widespread ire that finally appealed to their conscience, but my jaded little heart suspects that it was actually the sock in the pursestrings from all those cancelled subscriptions. Sigh. Any port in a storm…