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Adriana Lacy
Journalist and freelance audience consultant
Adriana Lacy is a journalist and freelance audience consultant in Boston, Massachusetts.
She is the digital and audience engagement editor at the Nieman Foundation for journalism at Harvard University and a freelance audience consultant.
She is also an adjunct lecturer in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
In addition, Adriana is the founder of Journalism Mentors, a website dedicated to advancing early-career journalists through mentoring and paid media opportunities. She also writes a newsletter called The Intersection, which focuses on the intersections of journalism, tech, and product.
Previously she worked as a senior associate for audience & growth at Axios, an audience engagement editor at the Los Angeles Times, and a senior news assistant at the New York Times.