I teach classes related to race and ethnicity and audience strategy. Classes include JOUR 372, Engaging Diverse Communities and JOUR 323, Journalism and the Audience. In addition, I have served as a social media coach for Annenberg Media, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's student media outlet.

Worked across main @axios social media handles to share our journalism with our readers including Instagram Lives, Instagram stories, and Twitter threads. Worked with journalists to strategize engagement plans for stories and series including the digital rollout of Get Smart, an Axios video series. Worked with the design team to launch a redesign of the Axios Instagram account with templates that reflect brand voice and tone.

At the Los Angeles Times, I worked across @latimes social handles to share our journalism. I also worked to create the @latimesarchives and @coronavirustoday_latimes Instagram accounts, dedicated to attraching niche audiences to our brand.

As a senior news assistant at the New York Times, I worked on the audience team with search engine optimization and Instagram. I helped to program the @nytimes main Instagram account, along with the sub-accounts for Race/Related and archives.

The intersection newsletter is a newsletter that highlights the work of those doing things at the intersection of tech, journalism and innovation.

In an attempt to serve audience needs around the coronavirus, we created a standalone coroanvirus account that shares the latest coronavirus news in an easy to understand format. The account is filled with explainers and need-to-know information about the virus written by L.A. Times reporters.

Created an Instagram account highlighting photos in the L.A. Times archives. Images from the archive include photos of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, the opening of Dodger Stadium, the aftermath of the Watts riots and more. The images take you around Southern California, including popular spots like Venice Beach, the Hollywood Bowl, and Disneyland. Times photographers have also borne witness to national events such as the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the Vietnam War protests.

I co-founded and served as the editor in chief of The Underground, a student-media site at Penn State dedicated to highlighting marginalized voices. I designed and created the website, logo and social media accounts, along with a daily and weekly newsletter.

This week on Galley, we are talking with Black journalists and others in the profession about where things stand when it comes to racism and diversity, where we need to get to, and how best to get there.

Moderated a discussion about diversity and mentorship between student journalists and newsroom leaders with panelists Aiyana Ishmael, Deanna Schwartz and Omar Rashad.

How does local media address the information needs of diverse communities and become more reflective of the audiences they're designed to serve? How might there be a pivot to support local information ecosystems beyond what's been previously imagined and realized?

This week, we hear from Adriana Lacy, Audience Engagement Editor at the LA Times. She launched a dedicated Instagram account for the LA Times’ archival photos late last year, so we talked about where those images are sourced from, what the response has been, and how they’ve used historical images of protests to add context to the events of the past few weeks.

The Los Angeles Times has a new account on Instagram dedicated to archival photos.

When asked if Trump obstructed justice: "I don't know, that's Bob Mueller's job to sort that out.

When a group of soccer fans joined forces in 2007 to create the Philadelphia-area supporters group Sons of Ben, they did so without a professional team – but they did have a dream of one.

I was accepted to the Chapel Executive Internship program, which gave me a $5,000 stipend so I could work at Axios, a media site in Washington, D.C.

The US local news publisher leverages its past to build a new community of readers, garnering 5,000 followers in two months

Talking about diversity is good. Including these speakers' voices and expertise at your conference shows attendees you actually mean it.

The Bellisario College of Communications hosted an alumni panel with journalism graduates in the Hintz Family Alumni Center. The alumni shared their experiences with their first jobs and gave advice on how students can find their own success in the job market.

Hear the Penn State grad’s advice on growing professionally, mastering social media and creating solutions amid challenges.

Spring 2018 edition of magazine for alumni and friends of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Five Penn State students in their respective areas of leadership have been honored with the 2018 John W. Oswald Award.

Adriana Lacy, co-founder of The Underground and a Chapel Executive Intern, has truly made the most of her time at Penn State.

"Underground Editor-in-Chief Adriana Lacy moderated the panel, though she encouraged the audience to ask questions at any time."

The panel will be moderated by Adriana Lacy, editor-in-chief of The Underground.

While she may not be talking to them in person, social media gives her the platform to reach them, and that’s what she loves about the digital media field.

Students listened as Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, spoke to John Eligon of the New York Times about race and identity on Oct. 15.

“The reaction within the student section [for the first goal] was amazing,” Adriana Lacy (sophomore-public relations), the secretary of Sons of Jeffrey, said. “The students brought so much energy to the game, which I can tell definitely helped the team out on the field.”