Laura McClure

Laura McClure

Contributing Writer

Laura McClure is a contributing writer at Mother Jones magazine. Previously, she guided daily editorial content on Motherjones.com, MoJo Tumblr, and MoJo Twitter. She first learned to love code while working at Salon.com as a News/Politics writer and editor, where her writing won a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism.

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Laura McClure is a contributing writer at Mother Jones magazine. Previously, she guided daily editorial content on Motherjones.com, and worked closely with MoJo's tech director and editors-in-chief to steer the award-winning magazine's digital strategy. Under her tenure, Motherjones.com tripled traffic and received breaking news awards and other rare print mag kudos from the Online News Association, the Webby Awards, the American Society of Magazine Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, and more.

Laura is a web-native magazine editor who first learned to love code while working at Salon.com as an award-winning News/Politics writer and staff editor. She is also a SXSW Interactive speaker, USC Annenberg Health Journalism social media trainer, International Reporting Project Editor (Liberia) former Peace Corps Volunteer (Togo), and alumna of Carnegie Mellon University.

Currently she lives with her husband and two young sons in San Francisco.

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Judging Sonia's Deadpan
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Sat Jul. 18, 2009 11:04 AM PDT

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Wed Jul. 15, 2009 10:51 PM PDT

Sotomayor Video: Al Franken's Perry Mason Joke
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Video: America on $195 a Week
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MoJo Mix: 9 July 2009
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MoJo Mix: 9 July 2009
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Mon May. 11, 2009 1:41 PM PDT

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Video: The RNC Tries This Thing Called "Humor"
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Tue Apr. 28, 2009 12:36 PM PDT

The People vs. Dick Cheney vs. Torture
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The Week in Torture
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Mon May. 16, 2011 2:00 AM PDT

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Thu Mar. 31, 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Guy Kawasaki on the Art of Enchantment

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Wed Mar. 30, 2011 12:15 AM PDT

The Word Made Flesh

Photographer Ina Saltz talks about misspelled tattoos, the Japanese paradox, and ampersands on skin.

Fri Mar. 4, 2011 6:00 AM PST

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Fri Dec. 24, 2010 4:00 AM PST

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November/December 2010 Issue

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Fri Jul. 2, 2010 2:05 AM PDT

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Fri Jun. 18, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

More Fun Than a Barrel of Oil: Meet @BPGlobalPR

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Fri Jun. 11, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

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Rebranding the oil giant that permanently branded the Gulf of Mexico.

Fri May. 28, 2010 11:50 AM PDT

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Fri Jan. 8, 2010 5:42 PM PST

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Fri Oct. 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT

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MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, October 2, 2009
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MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, September 4, 2009
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MoJo Podcast: NetRoots Nation Dispatch With Kevin Drum
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