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How To Pitch: Mother Jones

Provide 'smart, fearless investigative journalism with a side of sass'

By Blake Gernstetter – October 8, 2010

The information in this article is current and accurate

Circulation: 240,000
Frequency: Bimonthly
Special issues: Occasionally (View the editorial calendar)

Background: Mother Jones launched in 1976 and remains an independent, nonprofit newsmagazine. Its founders envisioned a magazine that would hold those in power accountable, a goal that the magazine still holds, editors say. Mother Jones still maintains the "passion for justice" cofounder Adam Hochschild desired, and it still exposes the "great power wielders of our time." Today, Mother Jones' Washington bureau and staff reporters in San Francisco produce investigations and cover breaking news 24/7 at MotherJones.com, complementing the long-form work found in the bimonthly print magazine. ...

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