<\/a>Clarise Larson \/ Juneau Empire\n Pressmen Edward Jack and Cliff Tagaban examine editions of today’s Juneau Empire. Today’s edition is the last edition of the paper to be printed in Juneau. Moving forward, the paper will be printed in Washington state and flown into town for delivery on Wednesday and Saturday. The Empire’s website will continue to be updated daily.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Edward Jack, one of the two pressmen for the Empire, said working with the Empire has “been a big learning experience” during his five years with the paper. Jack said he plans to stay in Juneau and is actively looking for new career opportunities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Pressman Cliff Tagaban agreed, and said during the roughly seven years he worked at the paper on and off between 1995 and 2023, he’s learned a lot and is still grappling with the “new age” of what the print industry is entering.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It’s kinda sad, it’s the new age and everything is on the internet now, but I loved printing back in the ‘90s when it was a really big operation and close-knit,” he said. “Printing for all these years, it’s sad to see it come to an end.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tagaban said his favorite part of working at the press was the satisfaction he felt when the papers came out looking fresh, and said he enjoyed the positive feedback he would hear from the community about the paper’s quality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tagaban said he also plans to stay in Juneau, and will transition into working full time at his second job with Alaska Landscape over the summer. He said he is also interested in looking for new career opportunities in the near future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The change is the latest development in the 111-year-and-counting history of the paper that bills itself as the voice of the capital city. The paper was started in 1912 by John Strong, who would later be the second territorial governor of Alaska. The paper was purchased by Morris Communications in 1969, and the Georgia-based media company owned the paper until 2017, when it was sold to GateHouse Media. Since 2018, the Empire has been owned by Sound Publishing, a Washington-based community news organization. Black Press, a Canada-based media organization, is Sound’s parent company.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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