# Monika Bauerlein > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monika_Bauerlein > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monika_Bauerlein.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Bauerlein > Source revision: 1356860521 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{BLP sources|date=June 2008}} {{Short description|CEO of Mother Jones}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} thumb|{{center|Monika Bauerlein}} '''Monika Bauerlein''' (born 1965) is an American media executive who is the CEO of ''[Mother Jones](/source/Mother_Jones_(magazine))''. Previously she was co-editor of the title and, earlier in her career, a writer for other publications. == Biography == Bauerlein was born in Germany, but has lived in several countries, including Italy, where her father, Heinz Bäuerlein, was a foreign correspondent. She came to America on a [Fulbright](/source/Fulbright) scholarship and worked as a stringer for a variety of publications including Germany's ''[Die Zeit](/source/Die_Zeit)'' and the [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press).{{cite web |title=Top Mother Jones executives Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence |url=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2019/04/top-mother-jones-executives-monika-bauerlein-and-clara-jeffery-to-receive-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/ |website=Nieman Foundation |access-date=20 May 2020 |date=8 April 2019 |archive-date=12 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312113147/https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2019/04/top-mother-jones-executives-monika-bauerlein-and-clara-jeffery-to-receive-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/ |url-status=live }} Between 1991 and 2000, she was a writer, managing editor, and interim editor in chief at ''[City Pages](/source/City_Pages)'', which became the sister paper to the ''[Village Voice](/source/Village_Voice)'' in [Minneapolis/St. Paul](/source/Minneapolis%2FSt._Paul) in 1997. Bauerlein was promoted to the position of ''Mother Jones'' CEO in May 2015, following the departure of [Madeleine Buckingham](/source/Madeleine_Buckingham); previously she was the magazine's co-editor. Bauerlein first came to ''Mother Jones'' in 2000, and has, together with editor-in-chief [Clara Jeffery](/source/Clara_Jeffery), dramatically expanded its political and investigative reportage, as well as spearheaded the magazine's new investigative team and Washington bureau. Together, Bauerlein and Jeffery overhauled the website of ''Mother Jones,'' putting a greater emphasis on staff-generated, daily news and original reporting. During their tenure, the magazine won three National Magazine Awards, two for General Excellence. ''Mother Jones'' broke the "47 percent" story about Republican presidential candidate [Mitt Romney](/source/Mitt_Romney), credited by some with having a significant effect on the [2012 United States presidential election](/source/2012_United_States_presidential_election). In August 2013, Bauerlein shared the [PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing](/source/PEN%2FNora_Magid_Award_for_Magazine_Editing){{Cite web|url=https://pen.org/2013-pennora-magid-award/|title=2013 PEN/Nora Magid Award|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=October 11, 2021|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026042559/https://pen.org/2013-pennora-magid-award/|url-status=live}} with Clara Jeffery for their work at ''[Mother Jones](/source/Mother_Jones_(magazine))''. The judges wrote: "Mother Jones under Jeffery and Bauerlein has been transformed from what was a respected—if-under-the-radar—indie publication to an internationally recognized powerhouse [...] whose writers and reporters often put more well-known and deep-pocketed news divisions to shame." == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.motherjones.com/authors/monika-bauerlein Monika Bauerlein] at ''Mother Jones'' * ''[http://womensenews.org/story/journalist-the-month/061002/power-sharing-women-take-over-mother-jones Power Sharing Women Take Over Mother Jones]'' by J. Trout Lowen in ''[Women's E-News](/source/Women's_E-News),'' October 2, 2006 * "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150514173423/http://www.motherjones.com/about/press/mother-jones-names-monika-bauerlein-chief-executive-officer-clara-jeffery-editor-chief Mother Jones Names Monika Bauerlein Chief Executive Officer, Clara Jeffery Editor In Chief]" {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauerlein, Monika}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:American magazine editors Category:American women magazine editors Category:Emigrants from West Germany to the United States Category:American expatriates in Italy Category:German emigrants to the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Monika Bauerlein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Bauerlein) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Bauerlein?action=history)). 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