Adrienne LaFrance is the executive editor of The Atlantic. She was previously a senior editor and staff writer at The Atlantic, and the editor of TheAtlantic.com. Before joining The Atlantic in 2014, LaFrance was an investigative reporter for several local and national news organizations, covering politics, technology, and media. She is a former reporter at Digital First Media, Nieman Journalism Lab, WBUR, Hawaii Public Radio, Honolulu Weekly, and Honolulu Civil Beat. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and in several other newspapers and magazines.