Gannett received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. In 2022, primary Gannett publication USA Today demoted its deputy editorial page editor for tweeting that men cannot get pregnant. Gannett’s LGBTQ Employee Research Committee lobbied for the editor to be fired, although the publication appears to have compromised despite the growing progressivism within the publication’s leadership (2)(3).

Gannett’s gift matching guidelines note that “gifts to sectarian organizations may be matched at the Foundation’s discretion, if the organization uses the funds primarily to benefit the community” (1).

Gannett protects employees from both religious and viewpoint (political affiliation) discrimination (1).

Gannett has published some pages expressing support for events such as Pride Month and the 2020 racial justice protests (1) (2). However, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Gannett sent a memo to its journalists urging them to remain neutral on their public social media platforms (3).

Gannett has donated to left-wing organizations, including BLM, the American Civil Liberties Union, Color of Change, Planned Parenthood, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (1)(2).

Gannett does not operate a PAC.