WSJ names editor of new real estate section

Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following staff announcement on Tuesday:

I am delighted to announce that Emily Gitter will be the Editor of the Journal’s new real estate section, which we are launching in the fall. While we are proud to name Emily as the Editor of *$#@%!*&%, the name of the section itself must remain secret for a few more weeks, but it will be the world’s pre-eminent print property section and thrive digitally across borders and languages.

Many of you already know Emily for her sharp editing skills, her excellent judgment and a wit as elegantly edgy as a rough-hewn granite benchtop in a just-refurbished Old Greenwich home. As the deputy editor at Friday Journal, she has helped to transform the extremely successful section over the past couple of years, steering the property coverage and developing and displaying feature ideas.

Emily joined the paper in 2005 as an editor for Pursuits, the lifestyle section that debuted that fall with the launch of the Journal’s Saturday edition. She quickly distinguished herself as a gifted editor and rose to become the deputy editor at Weekend Journal, Friday Journal’s precursor.

Earlier in her career, Emily was the features editor at the New York Sun and, before that, a researcher and reporter at New York Magazine, covering topics including real estate and the arts. A native New Yorker, she is a graduate of Yale University.