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Eleanor Parsons

Magazine editor

Bio

Eleanor Parsons is magazine editor at 91av. She has a master’s degree in oceanography from the University of Southampton, UK. She joined 91av in 2008 as a subediting intern and has held many roles within the subediting team, including chief subeditor. In 2023, Eleanor spent six months as a features editor specialising in biomedical science, editing articles on subjects such as acne, postnatal anxiety, ageing and the placebo effect. She also commissioned and edited a special issue on anxiety, including writing the opening section that explained what anxiety actually is, and co-edited a 91av Essential Guide titled . Eleanor has also written book reviews and guest wrote an instalment of the Wild Wild Life newsletter about the bizarre animals that live around deep-sea vents.

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