Mother Jones

How Acquia Hosting is helping Mother Jones realize its Social Publishing goals

Mother Jones is a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting. There are currently two main “channels” of distribution: an award-winning bimonthly national magazine (paid circulation 220,000), and a website featuring new, original reporting 24/7.

Mother Jones examined a number of options, and selected Drupal. Mother Jones’ decision to use Drupal for their content management system (CMS) was based on several factors. Drupal offers a highly flexible appearance and layout. Drupal’s open architecture provides over 4,000 modules to choose from, allowing Mother Jones to incrementally add new functionality.

Mother Jones required a one-stop solution that could host their site directly, monitor and maintain site health through remote administration, and address problems with rapid precision. The search for a magic triangle of effective hosting–administration–support led Mother Jones to Acquia.