Emily Wilson is the editor of ''

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'' magazine. Appointed in early 2018, she is the first woman to become editor in the publication's 62-year history. Wilson was previously assistant editor of ''

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'' newspaper and editor of

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Education

Wilson graduated from the

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in 1991 with a first-class degree in chemistry. Afterwards, she was an English teacher in Malawi for a short time before taking a postgraduate diploma in journalism at the

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Career

Emily Wilson worked as a reporter at the ''

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'', then worked for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. In 1999, Wilson joined ''

'' as a health editor. She became assistant features editor in 2001. Between 2012 and 2014, she was responsible for all the UK digital content and editor of the UK homepage. In 2014, Wilson was appointed editor of

. As assistant editor at ''The Guardian'', Wilson was responsible for the coverage global stories, including science, environment, health and technology. At the beginning of February 2018, it was announced Wilson had been appointed as the 11th editor of ''

'' magazine and the first woman in this post. In 2019, Wilson was a judge for the

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in New Zealand.

References

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