2024-11-17T11:31:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/55402688/new-editor-at-the-architect-s-newspaper HotSoup 2012-08-16T14:00:00-04:00 >2012-08-20T20:56:11-04:00 <em><p>[Alan] Brake will be taking over as executive editor at the end of the month, when Julie Iovine steps down. A veteran of The New York Times, she has led the paper for almost six years, including a vast expansion online that has seen considerable gains in web traffic, as well as the launching of new editions of the paper and conferences.</p></em><br /><br /><p> In his role as executive editor, Brake, who has been at the paper for three years, wants to add more criticism to the paper and more visual story telling. In recent years, as the recession has dampened the focus on high-end, high-design work, the focus has shifted to urbanism and landscape architecture, two areas in which Brake wants to continue to focus.</p>