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How to Pitch: Mother Jones

This progressive pub, known for its investigative reporting, asks its contributing writers and photographers to raise some hell.

By Rebecca Ruiz and Alex Waterfield – September 22, 2005

Circulation: 260,000
Frequency: Bimonthly
Special issues: There are occasional special issues, such as "The Environment and the Bush Administration," but they are not scheduled in advance.

Background: When Mother Jones launched in 1976, the independent, nonprofit, San Francisco-based mag was the brainchild of a group of disillusioned journalists who desired a new brand of socially conscious journalism in the wake of Watergate and Vietnam. Over the years, the magazine strayed from that model and became instead almost an opinion journal, heavy with leftist commentary. But six years ago, the original mission ...

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