Adrienne LaFrance

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

Life and work

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] She has also served as a staff writer at the Nieman Journalism Lab and a reporter in the Washington bureau of Honolulu Civil Beat.[4] Additionally, she worked as reporter and news anchor for Hawaii Public Radio, and news writer for WBUR, Boston's NPR affiliate.[2]

LaFrance joined The Atlantic in 2014, became editor of the website in 2017, and then executive editor of the entire institution in 2019.[5] LaFrance's journalism covering QAnon was featured in a Fresh Air interview.[6]

Essays and reporting

— (October 14, 2015). "Raiders of the Lost Web". 'The Atlantic.
— (January 18, 2018). "Donald Trump's Very 1990s Tabloid Scandal". 'The Atlantic.
— (May 1, 2018). "Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Understand Journalism". 'The Atlantic.
— (May 29, 2018). "Elon Musk Should Know Better". 'The Atlantic.
— (August 8, 2018). "The Most Powerful Publishers in the World Don't Give a Damn". 'The Atlantic.
— (August 18, 2018). "Trump's Implicit Defense of Alex Jones Is an Echo of Birtherism". 'The Atlantic.
— (October 13, 2018). "The Everlasting Joy of Terrifying Children". 'The Atlantic.
— (January 13, 2019). "Six Hours and Three Minutes of Internet Chaos". 'The Atlantic.
— (June 4, 2019). "The 'Undesirable Militants' Behind the Nineteenth Amendment". 'The Atlantic.
— (June 2020). "The Prophecies of Q". 'The Atlantic.
LaFrance, Adrienne (Dec 2020). "Facebook is a Doomsday Machine". 'The Atlantic.

References

"Adrianne LaFrance", The Atlantic Accessed May 9, 2019.
"Adrienne LaFrance". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
"Adrienne LaFrance | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
"Adrienne LaFrance Archives". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
"LaFrance Upped To 'Atlantic' Executive Editor", Media Post, March 14, 2019. Accessed May 9, 2019.
Davies, Dave (August 20, 2020). "Journalist Enters The World Of QAnon: 'It's Almost Like A Bad Spy Novel'". Fresh Air. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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[1] "Adrianne LaFrance", The Atlantic Accessed May 9, 2019.

[:0-2] "Adrienne LaFrance". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[3] "Adrienne LaFrance | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2020-08-28.

[4] "Adrienne LaFrance Archives". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[5] "LaFrance Upped To 'Atlantic' Executive Editor", Media Post, March 14, 2019. Accessed May 9, 2019.

[6] Davies, Dave (August 20, 2020). "Journalist Enters The World Of QAnon: 'It's Almost Like A Bad Spy Novel'". Fresh Air. Retrieved August 28, 2020.