Aaron Parsley

Title: Former Senior News Editor
Education: New York University, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Aaron Parsley is a former senior news editor at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2023.
  • He joined PEOPLE in 2004. Aaron previously worked in various roles for the brand for more than 15 years, including as an editor for the TV and Crime sections and as deputy news director and digital operations director.
  • Aaron also worked as a digital director at Tribeza magazine.

Experience

Aaron Parsley is a former senior news editor at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2023.

He previously worked in various roles for the brand for more than 15 years including as an editor for the TV and Crime sections and as deputy news director and digital operations director.

Aaron earned an M.A. in journalism from New York University in 2004 and a B.A. in Spanish literature from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1999.

About PEOPLE

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U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) joins fellow Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion activists for a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol March 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. Describing legal abortion as 'infanticide,' Republican lawmakers have been blocked 17 times by Democrats in the House from introducing the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would require doctors to use all means available to save the life of a child born alive after an attempted abortion. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images); Republican Conference Chairman Rep Liz Cheney walks up to the podium for a press conference at the US Capitol on December 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. House Republican leaders criticized their Democratic colleagues handling of the impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images); Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., participates in the news conference on the Invest to Protect Act outside the Capitol on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Prince Harry and Princess Charlotte Share Sweet Moment at Queen Elizabeth's Committal Ceremony
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh arrive at St Paul's Cathedral for a service of thanksgiving held in honour of the Queen's 80th birthday, June 15, 2006 in London, England
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From the left, Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry and Prince Charles approach the gun carriage with the coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales in London 06 September during the funeral ceremony.
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Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal, and Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York; followed by Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales, and Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on September 14, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state in Westminster Hall inside the Palace of Westminster, from Wednesday until a few hours before her funeral on Monday, with huge queues expected to file past her coffin to pay their respects.
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Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal, (2nd R) and Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence (L) are greeted by Station Commander Group Captain McPhaden (R) having disembarked from the C-17 carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Air Force Northolt airbase on September 13, 2022, before it is taken to Buckingham Palace, to rest in the Bow Room.
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