Clara Jeffery
{{Short description|American editor and essayist (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox writer
|name = Clara Jeffery
|image = Clara Jeffery in 2009 (3454515170).jpg
|caption = Clara Jeffery in 2009
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|8|25}}
|birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
|occupation = Editor, essayist
|genre = Non-fiction
|education = Carleton College (BA)
Northwestern University (MA)
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/about/masthead|title=Mother Jones Masthead|publisher=Motherjones.com|accessdate=18 December 2016}}{{cite news |title=Merger of Mother Jones, The Center for Investigative Reporting Is Official |url=https://revealnews.org/press/merger-of-mother-jones-the-center-for-investigative-reporting-is-official/ |access-date=March 3, 2024 |publisher=Reveal News |date=February 1, 2024}}
Career
Jeffery was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised in Arlington, Virginia, and attended the Sidwell Friends School{{cite news |last1=Werfelman |first1=Linda |title=Teenager Clara Jeffery says she 'used to think there... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/22/Teenager-Clara-Jeffery-says-she-used-to-think-there/6673438325200/ |work=UPI |date=November 22, 1983 |language=en}} (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.{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/about/press/mother-jones-names-monika-bauerlein-chief-executive-officer-clara-jeffery-editor-chief|title=Mother Jones Names Monika Bauerlein Chief Executive Officer and Clara Jeffery Editor-in-Chief|publisher=Motherjones.com|accessdate=19 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514173423/http://www.motherjones.com/about/press/mother-jones-names-monika-bauerlein-chief-executive-officer-clara-jeffery-editor-chief|archive-date=14 May 2015|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/about/press/awards-accolades|title=Awards and Accolades|publisher=Motherjones.com|accessdate=5 October 2014}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-94044076.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516141745/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-94044076.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2011|title=Go west, old man: where the American dream goes down the drain. (Letter From California).(Salton Sea, California)|publisher=Highbeam.com|access-date=5 October 2014}} She has also written for Slate,{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2079214/|title=Can dogs be racist?|date=26 February 2003|work=Slate Magazine|accessdate=5 October 2014}} the Huffington Post, San Francisco Magazine,{{cite web|url=http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/4/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117083623/http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/4/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 2005|title=San Francisco Magazine - Modern Luxury|publisher=Sanfran.com|access-date=5 October 2014}} and the Chicago Reporter.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040202230017/http://www.cjr.org/issues/2002/6/picks-cox.asp "Ten Young Editors To Watch," by Ana Marie Cox, Columbia Journalism Review ]
- [http://womensenews.org/2006/10/power-sharing-women-take-over-mother-jones/ "Power Sharing Women Take Over Mother Jones"] Women's E-News
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Category:American women journalists
Category:American magazine editors
Category:Carleton College alumni
Category:Medill School of Journalism alumni
Category:Mother Jones (magazine) people