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Elyse Betters Picaro is a senior editor based in Upstate New York. She currently leads a team of journalists who write buyer's guides, deals, and gift guides. She has experience editing countless advice pieces and has written over 8,000 articles -- including news, how-tos, explainers, and reviews on technology and even TV and entertainment-focused content -- for several leading online publications. Previously, she was an editor at 9to5Mac and 9to5Google. She was also a US contributor at Pocket-lint. Before that, she worked as a beat reporter at different regional newspapers in Northeast America and freelanced for global websites such as the BBC. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in writing from The New School in Manhattan and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.