Foundation for National Progress/ Mother Jones

Programs: The Foundation for National Progress supports the following four programs: Mother Jones magazine: Published six times per year, Mother Jones magazine offers in-depth investigative reports, news analysis, essays, and images on the most important social and political issues of our time. The print magazine currently has a paid circulation of approximately 225,000 readers and subscribers. With a long history of independent, uncompromising journalism, people have come to trust and rely on the information they garner from the pages of Mother Jones magazine. MotherJones.com: In 1993, Mother Jones became the first general interest magazine on the internet. From its inception, MotherJones.com has broadened the reach and impact of Mother Jones magazine through its blend of original content and ability to provide readers with information beyond the scope of a print publication, including timely news analysis, interactive multi-media projects, enhanced in-print investigative pieces, and in-depth reports. Over the past year, traffic to MotherJones.com has more than doubled too nearly 875,000 unique visitors each month. in addition, weekly newsletters are sent out to over 50,000 subscribers informing a broad spectrum of people about the most important issues of the day, and the ways in which they can get involved and create change. The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program: Named after a long-time investigative reporter and journalism educator, The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program is one of the few independent programs in the nation through which aspiring journalists can get in-the-field experience in critical investigative reporting skills, and nurture the social and professional networks that will enable them to break into reporting. Each year, three cycles of four interns join the staff. Since the program's inception in 1980, more than 800 interns have passed through Mother Jones. More than six out of ten of our former interns are currently working as journalists or in another media related profession. In addition, the program provides invaluable experience to young people seeking to gain hands-on experience in nonprofit administration, with intern and fellowships in departments throughout the Foundation, including summer placements for high school students. The Media Consortium: The Foundation for National Progress is the sponsor for The Media Consortium, a network of more than 40 leading progressive independent journalism organizations. The Consortium?s goals are to create smart, powerful, and passionate journalism that changes the terms of the American political and cultural debate, to redefine ?independent progressive media? so that it reaches and serves the audience of the 21st century, to create a cooperative infrastructure that supports a sustainable future for progressive journalism, and to help get the message out to millions of Americans looking for honest, fair, and accurate journalism.