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Foundation for National Progress

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Mission Statement

For over thirty years, the mission of the Foundation for National Progress has been to produce revelatory journalism that in its power and reach seeks to inform and inspire a more just and democratic world. We measure the effectiveness of our public-interest reporting in three ways: 1. The size and nature of audience; 2. The influence of our stories on the larger commercial media industry; and 3. The impact of our reporting when used by people working for progressive change).

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Leadership

Ms. Madeleine Buckingham

Term:

Since Feb 2002

Profile:

Buckingham became president and CEO in February 2010. Prior to this she held the position of COO/CFO; she joined Mother Jones in 2002. She has spent more than 20 years in senior finance and management positions in the publishing and high-tech industries working for a range of publishing companies and Internet startups, including Sony Corp.'s Internet incubator and at International Data Group.

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Program: Program Overview

Program Description:

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.

Program Long-Term Success:

In 2007, Mother Jones bucked the trend of dramatic newsroom cutbacks by opening the first major Washington news bureau set up by a U.S. media organization in years. The eight person bureau, headed by veteran Washington journalist David Corn, is made up of experienced full-time staff reporters and editors. The bureau is also paired with dedicated staff reporters in our San Francisco office, to create the Mother Jones Investigative Team. With these top-notch staff reporters, and an extensive network of some of the best freelance journalists in the world, the I-Team gives Mother Jones the flexibility, concentration of resources, and fast response capacity that simply would not be otherwise possible.

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