Adrienne LaFrance

Adrienne LaFrance is an American journalist, executive editor of The Atlantic and former editor of TheAtlantic.com.[1]

Career

LaFrance received her B.A. in journalism from Michigan State University and an M.S. in journalism from Boston University.[2]

She was a national reporter for Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome.[3] She has also served as a staff writer for Nieman Journalism Lab, at Harvard University, and a reporter in the Washington bureau of Honolulu Civil Beat,[4] before moving to Washington state.[2] Additionally, she worked as a reporter and news anchor for Hawaii Public Radio, managing editor for Honolulu Weekly and news writer for WBUR—Boston's NPR affiliate.[2]

LaFrance joined The Atlantic in 2014, became editor of the website in 2017, then executive editor in 2019.[5] Formerly a staff writer, she covered technology, politics and the media.[4] Her writing appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Gawker, Slate, The Awl, and several other newspapers and magazines.[2]

References

  1. "Adrianne LaFrance", The Atlantic Accessed May 9, 2019.
  2. "Adrienne LaFrance". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  3. "Adrienne LaFrance | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  4. "Adrienne LaFrance Archives". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  5. "LaFrance Upped To 'Atlantic' Executive Editor", Media Post, March 14, 2019. Accessed May 9, 2019.
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