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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. degree 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]

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References

  1. "Adrianne LaFrance", The Atlantic. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  2. "A Conversation with The Atlantic's Adrienne LaFrance and James McAuley". www.asc.upenn.edu. October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
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  4. Doctor, Ken (April 2, 2014). "The newsonomics of Digital First Media's Thunderdome implosion (and coming sale)| Nieman Lab". Nieman Lab. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Adrienne LaFrance Archives". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  6. Guaglione, Sara (March 14, 2019). "LaFrance Upped To 'Atlantic' Executive Editor". Media Post. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  7. "Adrienne LaFrance". Mother Jones . Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  8. Davies, Dave (August 20, 2020). "Journalist Enters The World Of QAnon: 'It's Almost Like A Bad Spy Novel'". NPR.
  9. Stelter, Brian (August 14, 2020). "QAnon is conspiratorial, dangerous, and growing. And we're talking about it all wrong. | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  10. "Tackling The Gender Imbalance In News Media". www.wbur.org. May 24, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.