Monika Bauerlein

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Monika Bauerlein (2014)

Monika Bauerlein (* 1965 in Munich as Monika Bäuerlein) is a German - American journalist . She is the CEO or editor of Mother Jones , or MoJo for short , a left-liberal national magazine in the United States, and was the magazine's co-editor-in-chief from 2006 to 2015.

Life

Monika Bauerlein was born in Munich as the daughter of radio journalist Heinz Bäuerlein. In the course of her professional activity in the USA, she changed the umlaut ä in her surname to a. Bauerlein grew up in Munich, went to school there and graduated from high school in Munich. She spent a large part of her childhood abroad, including in Italy, where her father was the chief editor of Bayerischer Rundfunk from 1971 to 1977 and ran the ARD studio in Rome .

education

After an initial period as a freelance journalist, Monika Bauerlein went to the USA in 1987 as a Fulbright scholar . She wrote in Minnesota for a student newspaper and while studying at the University of Minnesota she worked for Die Zeit and the Associated Press, among others . Her subjects included the criticism and protests against the first Gulf War and the 1988 presidential election campaign .

Professional background

From 1991 to 2000, Bauerlein worked for various American media. She wrote and worked for the weekly City Pages and for The Village Voice in Minneapolis / St. Paul works as a writer and editor in charge. In addition, she worked as a freelancer for various German and American radio stations and newspapers, including the taz . She has also written for several magazines such as Sierra Magazine , Utne Reader and the Huffington Post . In 2000, Bauerlein got a permanent position as an investigative reporter and “feature editor” for the bimonthly magazine Mother Jones> MoJo .

Mother Jones is a non-profit publication that was founded in the wake of the Watergate affair . It is named after the union leader Mary Harris Jones , who was once decried as "the most dangerous woman in America". When Russ Rymer was succeeded as editor-in-chief of Mother Jones in 2006 , Monika Bauerlein and her colleague Clara Jeffery initially competed for the position and finally decided to do the work together. The US media press viewed the Bauerlein-Jeffery co-editorship with skepticism, but the dual leadership was successful. When in May 2015, after nine years as editor-in-chief, Bauerlein advanced to the editor or CEO of Mother Jones to succeed Madeleine Buckingham, the reach of MoJo had increased twentyfold, the editorial team had doubled, and the magazine had its own investigative editorial offices in Washington and New York Installed. On an average day, 250,000 people access mother jones.com. In the international media landscape, Monika Bauerlein takes a decisive position on the situation of the US press in the Trump era and on the global crisis in journalism.

Monika Bauerlein is married and lives with her husband and three children in Oakland , California .

Non-profit journalism

MoJo is considered a successful example of a functioning non-profit journalism worldwide . Behind Mother Jones is the non-profit "Foundation for National Progress" foundation that ensures that each dollar of profit is invested in the magazine immediately. On the tightrope walk between the donation-dependent financing of the magazine and the claim to an independent, investigative journalism, Monika Bauerlein says:

“The fact that the magazine is non-profit does not change our attitude towards wanting to make a good magazine, on the contrary ... We are committed people, most of us could work for other magazines or newspapers immediately with our experience, and yet there is Little fluctuation ... We always tell our major donors that we will fire them if they want to influence us. "

- Monika Bauerlein : Journalism on a donation basis

Awards

  • Together with Clara Jeffery, Monika Bauerlein has made it to the finals for the National Magazine Award 31 times during her more than 20 years as editor-in-chief and reporter . Both have won this most important industry award in the USA four times.
  • Bauerlein and Jeffery won the People's Choice Award for Politics in 2005 and 2006 with their website .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mother Jones Magazine. motherjones.com, January 3, 2019, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Damir Fras and Daniel Haufler: US election - all just for show. Frankfurter Rundschau, October 26, 2012, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ BR mourns Dr. Heinz Bauerlein. medienhb.de, November 16, 2009, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  4. ^ Walter Niederberger: Mother Jones, Mother Courage. SZ.de, January 1, 2019, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Monika Bäuerlein: taz archive. taz.de, October 17, 1990, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ VMonika Bauerlein Editor, Mother Jones Magazine. billmoyers.com, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Jochen Brenner: Journalism on a donation basis. mediummagazin.de, November 10, 2012, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  8. ^ J. Trout Lowen: Power-Sharing Women Take Over. womensenews.org, October 2, 2006; accessed January 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Our Staff. motherjones.de, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Vera Görgen: “Only the body organs of old newspapers still exist”. berliner-zeitung.de, August 15, 2017, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  11. ^ Walter Niederberger: Mother Jones, Mother Courage. SZ.de, January 1, 2019, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Vera Görgen: Huffpost: Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein. huffingtonpost.com, accessed January 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bauerlein, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich