Latest results from the GlueX experiment

The GlueX experiment aims to study the gluonic degrees of freedom in QCD by mapping the light meson spectrum with an emphasis on searching for and studying light hybrid mesons. A tagged, linearly-polarized 9~GeV photon beam is incident on a hydrogen target contained within a hermetic detector with near-complete neutral and charged particle coverage. In Spring of 2016 the experiment completed its commissioning and took its first substantial data in the design configuration. This data set already represents a significant increase in statistics for polarized photoproduction in this energy regime. The experiment will be introduced, ongoing data analysis will be summarized and some preliminary results presented.