Adrienne LaFrance

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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][better source needed]} 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]

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