Emily Smith (editor)

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{{Short description|American journalist}}

Emily Smith is a British{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Alex |date=June 7, 2022 |title=Shock Changes Atop Page Six Masthead As Emily Smith Shunted Sideways For Ian Mohr & Oliver Coleman |url=https://knewz.com/emily-smith-page-six/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Knewz |language=en-US}} editor and journalist for the New York Post, where she is currently the editorial director of the Page six gossip section.

Before working at the Post, Smith was the television editor for The Sun.{{Cite web |last=Brook |first=Stephen |date=March 5, 2009 |title=The Sun's US editor Emily Smith to return to UK |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/05/sun-us-editor-return-uk |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} In 2009 she joined the Post as deputy editor.{{Cite web |last=Storey |first=Kate |date=February 12, 2020 |title='Club Owners Would Hand You an Eight Ball': The Secret History of Page Six |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a30709872/page-six-gossip-history-new-york-post/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Esquire |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Zeke |date=October 13, 2010 |title=A New Gossip Girl at the Post |url=https://observer.com/2010/10/a-new-gossip-girl-at-the-empostem/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Observer |language=en-US}} She was promoted to editor of Page Six after the departure of Richard Johnson,{{Cite news |last=Arango |first=Tim |date=October 8, 2010 |title=The Editor of Page Six Is Departing After 25 Years |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/business/media/08post.html |access-date=2022-12-09 |issn=0362-4331}} and held the position until June 2022 when she became editorial director.{{Cite web |last=Atik |first=Chiara |date=October 8, 2011 |title=Meet Your New Page Six Editor, Emily Smith |url=https://guestofaguest.com/media/meet-your-new-page-six-editor-emily-smith |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Guest of a Guest |language=en}} Smith was also a contributor on Page Six TV's two seasons on Fox from 2017 to 2019.{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=May 30, 2018 |title='Page Six TV' Names Bevy Smith, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Carlos Greer Co-Hosts for Season 2 |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/page-six-tv-bevy-smith-elizabeth-wagmeister-and-carlos-greer-co-hosts-for-season-2-1202825312/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}