Clara Jeffery
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Clara Jeffery is a co-editor of Mother Jones magazine http://www.motherjones.com/radio/2005/07/jeffery_bio.html. (Monika Bauerlein
is the other co-Editor.) Jeffery was promoted to that position in August 2006, following the departure of Russ Rymer
; previously she was the magazine's Deputy Editor, a position she had held for four years. Prior to that Jeffery 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
, and several anthologized in the "Best American" series.
At Mother Jones magazine, Jeffery has edited much of the magazine's coverage of climate change
, including the magazine's 2006 Oceans package http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2006/03/oceans_index.html and a 2005 article by Chris Mooney on ExxonMobil
's funding of climate change skeptic
s, which was nominated for a National Magazine Award
http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2005/05/world_burns.html. Jeffery also headed up Mother Jones magazine's Iraq War Timeline project http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/ and edited Charles Bowden
's "Exodus," an in-depth investigation into immigration
and border policy http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/09/exodus.html.
Together, Jeffery and Bauerlein have overhauled Mother Jones magazine's website, putting a much greater emphasis on staff-generated, daily news and original reporting.
In 2002, Jeffery wrote an article on the Salton Sea
for Harper's, "Go West Old Man: Where the American Dream Goes Down the Drain," http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-94044076.html which received an honorable mention in Best American Science and Nature Writing. She has also written for Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2079214/, the Huffington Post, San Francisco Magazine http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/4/, and The Chicago Reporter.
Between 1993 and 1995, Jeffery was a staff editor and writer at Washington City Paper
.
Jeffery grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and attended the Sidwell Friends School
('85), before going to Carleton College
('89). She got a Master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism
at Northwestern University
in 1993.
Her father, David Jeffery, was, for most of his career, a senior writer and editor at the National Geographic Magazine
.http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9610/depart/c080.html Her mother, Pam Barratt, was a high-school science teacher and remains a human-rights activist.http://www.time.com/time/generations/article/0,9171,1027515-3,00.html Her brother, Charles, is a federal law-enforcement officer.
Monika Bauerlein
Monika Bauerlein is the co-Editor of Mother Jones magazine. Bauerlein was promoted to the position in August 2006, following the departure of Russ Rymer; previously she was the magazine's Investigative Editor...
is the other co-Editor.) Jeffery was promoted to that position in August 2006, following the departure of Russ Rymer
Russ Rymer
Russ Rymer is an author and freelance journalist with articles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, and others. His first book, Genie, a Scientific Tragedy, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and awarded with the Whiting Writers' Award...
; previously she was the magazine's Deputy Editor, a position she had held for four years. Prior to that Jeffery was a Senior Editor at Harper's magazine
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010...
(1995–2002), where she edited six articles nominated for a National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
, including essays by Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich
-Early life:Ehrenreich was born Barbara Alexander to Isabelle Oxley and Ben Howes Alexander in Butte, Montana, which she describes as then being "a bustling, brawling, blue collar mining town."...
that became Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed: On Getting By in America is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Written from the perspective of the undercover journalist, it sets out to investigate the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on the "working poor" in the United States...
, and several anthologized in the "Best American" series.
At Mother Jones magazine, Jeffery has edited much of the magazine's coverage of climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, including the magazine's 2006 Oceans package http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2006/03/oceans_index.html and a 2005 article by Chris Mooney on ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas...
's funding of climate change skeptic
Global warming controversy
Global warming controversy refers to a variety of disputes, significantly more pronounced in the popular media than in the scientific literature, regarding the nature, causes, and consequences of global warming...
s, which was nominated for a National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2005/05/world_burns.html. Jeffery also headed up Mother Jones magazine's Iraq War Timeline project http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/ and edited Charles Bowden
Charles Bowden
Charles Bowden is an American non-fiction author, journalist, and essayist based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He is a former writer for the Tucson Citizen and often writes about the American Southwest...
's "Exodus," an in-depth investigation into immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
and border policy http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/09/exodus.html.
Together, Jeffery and Bauerlein have overhauled Mother Jones magazine's website, putting a much greater emphasis on staff-generated, daily news and original reporting.
In 2002, Jeffery wrote an article on the Salton Sea
Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in California's Imperial Valley. The lake occupies the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorado Desert of Imperial and Riverside counties in Southern California. Like Death...
for Harper's, "Go West Old Man: Where the American Dream Goes Down the Drain," http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-94044076.html which received an honorable mention in Best American Science and Nature Writing. She has also written for Slate
Slate (magazine)
Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...
http://www.slate.com/id/2079214/, the Huffington Post, San Francisco Magazine http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/4/, and The Chicago Reporter.
Between 1993 and 1995, Jeffery was a staff editor and writer at Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper
The Washington City Paper is a U.S. alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Founded in 1981, and published for its first year under the masthead 1981, taking the City Paper name in volume 2, by Russ Smith, it shared ownership with the Chicago Reader from 1982...
.
Jeffery grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and attended the Sidwell Friends School
Sidwell Friends School
Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker private school located in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through secondary school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas Sidwell, its motto is "Eluceat omnibus lux" , alluding to the Quaker concept of inner light...
('85), before going to Carleton College
Carleton College
Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
('89). She got a Master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism
Medill School of Journalism
The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is a constituent school of Northwestern University which offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It has consistently been one of the top-ranked schools in Journalism in the United States...
at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in 1993.
Her father, David Jeffery, was, for most of his career, a senior writer and editor at the National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in 1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded...
.http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9610/depart/c080.html Her mother, Pam Barratt, was a high-school science teacher and remains a human-rights activist.http://www.time.com/time/generations/article/0,9171,1027515-3,00.html Her brother, Charles, is a federal law-enforcement officer.