Adrienne LaFrance is an American journalist, executive editor of The Atlantic and former editor of TheAtlantic.com. [1] [2]
LaFrance received her B.A. in journalism from Michigan State University and an M.S. in journalism from Boston University. [3]
She was a national reporter for Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome. [4] 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, [5] before moving to Washington state. [3] 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. [3]
LaFrance joined The Atlantic in 2014, became editor of the website in 2017, then executive editor in 2019. [6] Formerly a staff writer, [7] she covered technology, politics and the media. [5] Her writing appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Gawker, Slate, The Awl, and several other newspapers and magazines. [3]
LaFrance was on Fresh Air in 2020 where she talked about what it is like to be a person for whom facts matter, but to be immersed in QAnon and conspiracy theories for her reporting. [8] Her reporting, titled "The Prophecies of Q," was called a recommended read to understand the group's storytelling techniques by CNN's media reporter. [9]
She also spoke about gender imbalance in American news media on the radio program On Point. [10]