Alum receives Outstanding Young Liberal Arts Alumni Award
Adriana Lacy, Penn State class of 2018, received the Outstanding Young Liberal Arts Alumni Award. Lacy is the chief executive officer of Field Nine Group, a portfolio company encompassing strategic communications, creator-newsroom partnerships, design, and software products. She has built a career at the intersection of media, technology, and entrepreneurship, with experience at the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Axios.
A Forbes “30 Under 30” honoree, Lacy is an internationally recognized speaker and also teaches at Brandeis University, where her courses include AI in journalism. She holds a master’s degree in digital audience strategy from Arizona State University. She is based in Boston.