Clara Jeffery | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | August 25, 1967
Occupation | Editor, essayist |
Education |
Carleton College (
BA) Northwestern University ( MA) |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Clara Jeffery (born August 25, 1967) is an American journalist who is the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones and The Center for Investigative Reporting. [1] [2]
Jeffery was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised in Arlington, Virginia, and attended the Sidwell Friends School [3] (1985), before going to Carleton College (1989). She earned a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1993.
Between 1993 and 1995, Jeffery was a staff editor and writer at Washington City Paper. She was a senior editor at Harper's Magazine (1995–2002), where she edited six articles nominated for a National Magazine Award, including essays by Barbara Ehrenreich that became Nickel and Dimed. She became deputy editor of Mother Jones, a position she held for four years, and was promoted to co-editor in August 2006. Jeffery was promoted to editor-in-chief in May, 2015. [4]
Together, Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein have aimed to put greater emphasis on staff-generated, daily news and original reporting. The magazine received a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2008 and 2010. [5] In 2012 Mother Jones broke the story about Mitt Romney's " 47 percent" remarks, which were controversial prior to Barack Obama winning reelection.
In 2002, Jeffery wrote an article on the Salton Sea for Harper's Magazine, "Go West Old Man: Where the American Dream Goes Down the Drain". [6] She has also written for Slate, [7] the Huffington Post, San Francisco Magazine, [8] and the Chicago Reporter.
Clara Jeffery | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | August 25, 1967
Occupation | Editor, essayist |
Education |
Carleton College (
BA) Northwestern University ( MA) |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Clara Jeffery (born August 25, 1967) is an American journalist who is the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones and The Center for Investigative Reporting. [1] [2]
Jeffery was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised in Arlington, Virginia, and attended the Sidwell Friends School [3] (1985), before going to Carleton College (1989). She earned a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1993.
Between 1993 and 1995, Jeffery was a staff editor and writer at Washington City Paper. She was a senior editor at Harper's Magazine (1995–2002), where she edited six articles nominated for a National Magazine Award, including essays by Barbara Ehrenreich that became Nickel and Dimed. She became deputy editor of Mother Jones, a position she held for four years, and was promoted to co-editor in August 2006. Jeffery was promoted to editor-in-chief in May, 2015. [4]
Together, Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein have aimed to put greater emphasis on staff-generated, daily news and original reporting. The magazine received a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2008 and 2010. [5] In 2012 Mother Jones broke the story about Mitt Romney's " 47 percent" remarks, which were controversial prior to Barack Obama winning reelection.
In 2002, Jeffery wrote an article on the Salton Sea for Harper's Magazine, "Go West Old Man: Where the American Dream Goes Down the Drain". [6] She has also written for Slate, [7] the Huffington Post, San Francisco Magazine, [8] and the Chicago Reporter.