Krissi Murison (born 1981) is a British journalist. She is the editor of ''

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'' and the former editor of the ''

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''. Murison attended The Abbey School in

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from 1993–2000, before studying English Literature at

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, where she edited the music pages of student newspaper ''

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''. Murison joined the ''NME'' in 2003 as a staff writer. In July 2009, she became the first female editor of the ''NME''. ''

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'' reported in February 2012 that there is "a widespread consensus (...) that Murison has done a decent job since taking over in July 2009." Previously she worked for ''

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'' magazine in New York as Music Director. On 12 April 2012 it was announced that Murison would be leaving NME to join ''

'' as Features Editor. She became Editor of the magazine in 2019.

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1982 births Living people British magazine editors People educated at The Abbey School {{UK-journalist-stub