Print is not dead: a photo tour of the Baltimore Sun

Last August, the Baltimore Sun moved its editorial team from its landmark headquarters on North Calvert Street to new space built around the paper’s printing facility in Locust Point. Earlier today, I had the chance to hear the latest scoop from the newsroom and take a tour. Here’s an inside look at the 400,000 square-foot operation, where they can print 60,000 papers an hour — and still do!

The Baltimore Sun sign outside the new HQ. “Light For All” first appeared on the masthead in 1840 and harkens back to the paper’s commitment to being affordable to everyday people.
The new newsroom. The monitors hang above the “oculus” where the editors also sit. It’s the nerve center of the editorial operation.
The “Light For All” sign that used to face I-83 on the old building. Currently stored in the archives waiting to go to auction.
Boxes upon boxes of clippings and negatives dating back decades. If we didn’t have freedom of the press, what would happen to our history?
Giant rolls of paper are shipped from Montreal and brought into the facility on railcars. So cool!
Printing a newspaper requires a lot of heavy lifting!
Rolls of paper fit to print. This was a small section of an enormous room that holds enough paper for a few months. They also print several local papers around the state.
These are the guys who keep the press pressing.
The plates in action. Of course, one headline is about media darling Marie Kondo!
Lots and lots of ink. In the PR business, we used to call it “getting ink” for our clients.

 

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