Adrienne LaFrance

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

Career LaFrance received her B.A. degree in journalism from Michigan State University and an M.S. in journalism from Boston University. 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, before moving to Washington state. 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. Formerly a staff writer, she covered technology, politics and the media. Her reporting, titled "The Prophecies of Q", was called a recommended read to understand the group's storytelling techniques by CNN's media reporter.

She also spoke about gender imbalance in American news media on the radio program On Point.