USA TODAY is defined by it's mission, vision and values.

USA TODAY's mission is to be the easy-to-use, comprehensive source of timely news and information edited to inform today's time-pressed, affluent and influential people.

USA TODAY's vision has remained exactly the same throughout its 20-year history. USA TODAY hopes to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity and to help make the USA truly one nation.

USA TODAY's key values are independence, fairness, accuracy, diversity, integrity, continuous improvement and accountability in our work and to our customers and employees.

We accomplish this by providing editorial products such as USA TODAY, USA TODAY International, USATODAY.com and USA TODAY Sports Weekly. These products have credibility and quality as their hallmarks.

USA TODAY, the newspaper, is comprised of four unique sections on a daily basis:

• The News section provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage of major national and international news. We place an emphasis on breaking news and original reporting from an experienced, award-winning staff of journalists.
• The Money section provides coverage of major financial markets, business news and includes a special focus on personal finance. The Money section features its weekly Market Trends page, which graphically shows market segments and how they perform over time versus the S&P 500.
• The Sports sections is one of the most comprehensive in print. It provides not only all of the latest sports scores, but provides insightful, in-depth analysis and commentary.
• The Life section provides a wealth of information on travel, television, books, movies, and other entertainment news. On Fridays the newspaper adds a Destination & Diversions section that looks at travel locations and travel opportunities around the world.

USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 36 locations in the USA and has a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million.

USA TODAY International provides a scaled down version of USA TODAY to readers across Europe and Asia. The International Edition is printed at 5 print sites abroad and reaches an audience of travelers around the globe.

USATODAY.com is the destination on the web for users seeking the most up-to-date news and information for their business and personal lives. One of the most popular general-interest news sites on the web, USATODAY.com reaches 9 million unique users per month.

USA TODAY Sports Weekly offers a year-round, in-depth look at professional baseball and professional football. Sports Weekly circulates to about 270,000 sports fans providing stats, player profiles, and analysis of players, coaches, management and more.

Through all of these products, USA TODAY delivers timely and accurate news and information to readers in the U.S., around the world and on the Internet 24 hours a day, every day. USA TODAY aims to provide this news and information wherever, whenever and however consumers desire it...in print...online...via wireless technology.

USA TODAY is there for you.