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

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]