Adrienne LaFrance is an American journalist, executive editor of The Atlantic and former editor of TheAtlantic.com.[1][2]

Career

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]

References

  1. ^ "Adrianne LaFrance", The Atlantic Accessed May 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "A Conversation with The Atlantic's Adrienne LaFrance and James McAuley". www.asc.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  3. ^ a b c d "Adrienne LaFrance". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  4. ^ "The newsonomics of Digital First Media's Thunderdome implosion (and coming sale)| Nieman Lab". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. ^ a b "Adrienne LaFrance Archives". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. ^ "LaFrance Upped To 'Atlantic' Executive Editor", Media Post, March 14, 2019. Accessed May 9, 2019.
  7. ^ "Adrienne LaFrance". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  8. ^ Davies, Dave (August 20, 2020). "Journalist Enters The World Of QAnon: 'It's Almost Like A Bad Spy Novel'". NPR.
  9. ^ Stelter, Brian (2020-08-14). "QAnon is conspiratorial, dangerous, and growing. And we're talking about it all wrong. | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  10. ^ "Tackling The Gender Imbalance In News Media". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2023-02-01.


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