| Description: | A nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political and social justice reporting. Paid circulation today is 240,000. |
| Begun: | February 1976 (the magazine’s first issue) |
| Website: | http://motherjones.com/ |
| Office Location: | Backtalk, Mother Jones, 222 Sutter St., Suite 600 San Francisco, CA |
| Structure: | 501(c)(3) organization (Foundation for National Progress) |
| Founder: | Adam Hochschild, Jeffrey Klein, Richard Parker |
| Executive Director: | Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jefferey (executive editors) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 31 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 31 |
| Annual operating budget: | $9,300,400 (2011) |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | Yes |
| Diversity statement: | No |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | No |
| Major donors disclosed: | No |
| INN Member: | No |
| Awards: | National Magazine Award for General Excellence (2010), Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence Journalism (2009), People’s Choice Webby Award for Politics (2005, 2006) |
| Contact: | http://motherjones.com/about/contact or 415-321-1700 |
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Over that last eight years, interest in arming teachers with guns is the result of school shootings. News coverage and Google searches reflect these trends.
