PHOTOS: The final print run of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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PHOTOS: The final print run of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

After 157 years, an era of the newspaper ends as the AJC prints its final paper edition.

An employee with ink-stained hands poses with a final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. It was the final print run for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, after 157 years. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee rolls paper to the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee steadies a giant roll of paper with a single finger. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A worker prepares a roll of paper for loading into the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee operates the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Tools appear on a table at the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A view of the inside of the printing press, stained with magenta ink, as the final print run for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution runs through it. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Paper runs through cyan ink at the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Yellow ink stains the interior of the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

(From left) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Senior Manager of Production Operations Todd Cribb and Director of Print Operations Erica Singleton review a copy of the final print edition of the AJC at the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee adjusts the printing press during the final print run of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Director of Archives and Rights Management Allison Schein (top left) takes a picture of the plate of the AJC final print edition front page at the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A view of the plate of the final print edition front page of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A view of a page of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as it runs through the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee works on the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville, as the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is produced on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A person points at a graphic of the final print edition front page of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

The final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution goes through the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A page appears during a stoppage at the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee picks up a copy of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

The final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is shown on the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

The final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is shuttled on a conveyer away from the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee stands on the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. It was the final print run for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution after 157 years. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Discarded pages of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution appear at the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee reviews a copy of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

The final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is shown on a table at the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

The final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is shuttled on a conveyer away from the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee operates the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville as the final print run of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is produced on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A stack of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is rolled to a deliverer at the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A deliverer picks up a stack of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

A view of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s office at the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Copies of an insert in the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Stacks of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are shown in a delivery truck outside the printing press. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

An employee grabs a stack of the final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com

An employee with ink-stained hands poses with a final print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the printing press at Metro Market Media in Gainesville on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. It was the final print run for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, after 157 years. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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