Adrienne LaFrance is executive editor of The Atlantic. She was previously editor of TheAtlantic.com. Before joining The Atlantic in 2014, LaFrance was a national reporter for Digital First Media’s Project Thunderdome, specializing in investigations and national news, and ran the Washington bureau of Honolulu Civil Beat, covering Congress, federal elections, and the intersection of money and politics. She also worked as a staff writer at Nieman Journalism Lab, managing editor of Honolulu Weekly, reporter and news anchor for Hawaii Public Radio, and news writer for WBUR, Boston’s NPR affiliate. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Gawker, Slate, The Awl, and others.
Previously
2019 Festival
Can We Spend Our Way to Happiness?
Video — 49m 14s
2019 Festival
Emotions and Tech: What Happens When We Code Our Inner Lives?
Video — 1h 23m 18s
2018 Festival
Keeping Bots in Check
Video — 53m 5s
2018 Festival
Is the Future of Journalism Online and Will it be Supported by Tech Platforms?
Audio — 56m
2018 Festival
The Perilous Pursuit of Truth: Investigative Journalists in Hostile Times
Video — 52m 55s
2018 Festival
The Atlantic After Hours: Where Does #MeToo Go from Here?
Audio — 43m