The Columnists of Mother Jones
Shane Bauer is a senior reporter at MoJo. He has won multiple awards like the National Magazine Award for Best Reporting, the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism, and many more. He co-authored A Sliver of Light, which is a memoir about his time being imprisoned in Iran. Bauer's style is very eye-catching. He talks in first person and makes the news article seem like an interesting conversation. For example, his recent piece titled "I Met the White Nationalist Who "Falcon Punched" a 95-Pound Female Protester". Just from the title, the article already peaks the interest of the audience. This particular article is about a white nationalist, Nathan Damigo, gaining fame from punching an anti-fascist protester. Bauer connects to his audience by dehumanizing Damigo and giving background information to determine why the white nationalist did something so violent. Shane Bauer uses an informative tone to describe Damigo's past and the political groups he's involved with.
Patrick Caldwell is a reporter for MoJo's Washington D.C. department. He covers domestic politics and currently focuses on covering President Trump and his administration. Caldwell has had work shared to other news organizations like The Nation, National Journal Magazine, and some others. Patrick Caldwell has a very aggressive and straight to-the-point style. He criticizes the Republican Party for repealing Obamacare and replacing it with Trumpcare in one of his recent articles, titled "Republicans Just Voted to Take Away Health Care From Millions of People". Caldwell calls out the Republics in the House of Representatives for removing protections for the poor and the sick but cutting taxes for the rich. His tone in the article is informative for the intended audience, and critical of Republicans.