Audrey LaForest, the Washington, D.C., reporter at Automotive News, where she covers automotive policy and regulation, is leaving for a new opportunity.

Prior to this role, she was a reporter at Plastics News, a weekly trade newspaper also owned by Crain Communications, where she tackled the automotive and machinery beats.

Previously, she was the associate editor for two B2B publications at BNP Media, where she covered the business sides of the flexible packaging and HVAC/sheet metal industries.

LaForest if a graduate of Wayne State University.