Krissi Murison
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Krissi Murison is a British music journalist and the current editor of the NME
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Murison attended The Abbey School
in Reading
from 1993-2000, going on to study English Literature at Bristol University, where she edited the music pages of student newspaper Epigram
. Murison joined the NME in 2003 as a staff writer. In July 2009 she became the first female editor of the NME. Previously she worked for Nylon
in New York.
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
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Murison attended The Abbey School
The Abbey School
The Abbey School is an independent selective day school for girls, in Reading, Berkshire, England. The school has Church of England traditions, although it accepts girls of all faiths...
in Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
from 1993-2000, going on to study English Literature at Bristol University, where she edited the music pages of student newspaper Epigram
Epigram (newspaper)
Epigram is the independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol. It was established in 1988 by James Landale, now a senior BBC journalist, who studied politics at Bristol...
. Murison joined the NME in 2003 as a staff writer. In July 2009 she became the first female editor of the NME. Previously she worked for Nylon
Nylon (magazine)
Nylon is an American magazine that focuses on pop culture and fashion. Its coverage includes art, beauty, music, design, celebrities, technology and travel...
in New York.