The New York Times headline summed it up neatly: “Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey.” After nearly a century and a half, it reported in late August, the venerable Southern daily would stop producing a print edition at the end of 2025.
The shift—discontinuing print all at once, rather than reducing its frequency, as have other papers—made headlines far beyond the Times. And at the center of those stories was the journalist who ultimately owns the decision: the paper’s publisher, Andrew Morse ’96.
A former government major in Arts & Sciences who served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Sun, Morse got his professional start at ABC News, where he spent 15 years. Prior to joining the Atlanta paper, he was head of U.S. television for Bloomberg and held several positions at CNN, rising to executive vice president and chief digital officer for CNN Worldwide.
In spring 2023, Morse returned to the Hill as a Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in Arts & Sciences. Read an interview with him on the Cornellians website.
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