Adrienne LaFrance is an American journalist, executive editor of The Atlantic and former editor of TheAtlantic.com.[1] [2]
LaFrance received her B.A. degree in journalism from Michigan State University and an M.S. in journalism from Boston University.
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.[5] 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.[5]
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.[4] Her writing appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Gawker, Slate, The Awl, and several other newspapers and magazines.[5]
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]