The New Haven Advocate’s editor is leaving his post June 2 after nearly two years in the job (“the longest job I’ve ever held,” he said). Mark Oppenheimer has decided to take a new job editing a journal called In Character. Since taking over the alternative weekly in 2004, Oppenheimer has reenergized a publication that had wallowed in timeworn predictability, adding a younger, hipper, and more intellectual feel. He also lured a terrific new writer to town. Managing editor Tom Gogola will serve as Oppenheimer’s interim replacement. Oppenheimer said he “couldn’t resist” the new job offer. “In my former life, I was a religion reporter, and it will be fun to step back into that world. When I no longer have to come into the office in the morning, I can check out some art exhibits, attend some lectures, and do my new job from the cozy, WiFi’d precincts of our local coffee shops. Oh, and play with my dog, J.J. She’s been a latch-key kid for far too long.”