Clara Jeffery (born August 25, 1967) is an American journalist who is the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones and The Center for Investigative Reporting.

[1][2] Jeffery was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised in Arlington, Virginia, and attended the Sidwell Friends School[3] (1985), before going to Carleton College (1989).

[4] Together, Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein have aimed to put greater emphasis on staff-generated, daily news and original reporting.

[5] In 2012, Mother Jones broke the story about Mitt Romney's "47 percent" remarks, which were controversial prior to Barack Obama winning reelection.

In 2002, Jeffery wrote an article on the Salton Sea for Harper's Magazine, "Go West Old Man: Where the American Dream Goes Down the Drain".