WSJ real estate reporter Tanaka leaving for grad school

Sanette Tanaka, a real estate reporter at The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the paper after two years to attend graduate school.

In an email to colleagues, Tanaka writes:

I have some news – today is my last day on staff with The Wall Street Journal. Starting this fall, I’m going back to school for a master’s degree in digital media at the Dublin Institute of Technology as a George Mitchell Scholar.

I’m sending you this email because you have been so helpful to me in the past, and I would love to continue working together. I plan to freelance from Ireland and elsewhere in Europe beginning in late August, so please feel free to send pitches (especially ones with an international focus) to my personal email address: sanette.tanaka@gmail.com. Specially, I’m looking for quirky trends in luxury real estate, interesting people and homes to profile, market data and interesting data sets for Spread Sheet. I may also freelance for other arts and lifestyle sections, and so will be on the lookout for consumer trends as well. In addition to email, you can reach me via Twitter and LinkedIn.

It has truly been a pleasure to work with you, and I hope our paths cross again. I wish you all the very best.

Tanaka’s undergraduate degree is from Duke University.