The Chattanooga Times Free Press newsroom.The Chattanooga Times Free Press was recognized as one of the best Southeast news organizations in the Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade awards, a competition among news organizations across 11 Southeastern states.
The Times Free Press won five first place awards in the competition, bested only by the Tampa Bay Times, which won six.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which like the Chattanooga Times Free Press is owned by WEHCO Media, won four first place awards.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press won awards in the following categories:
* Serious commentary: First place to David Cook for a collection of his work
* Technology reporting: First place to Casey Phillips for a collection of his work
* Feature photography: First place to Maura Friedman for her Means Matter photographs
* Online non-deadline reporting: First place to Kevin Hardy and Dan Henry for Even Unto Death
* Digital media presentation: First place to Mary Helen Miller and Maura Friedman for Amendment One
* Editorial writing: Second place to Pam Sohn for a collection of her work
* Feature writing: Second place to Joan McClane for a collection of her work
* Editorial cartoons: Second place to Clay Bennett for a collection of his work
* Feature photography: Third place to Doug Strickland for his work on The Cruelest Equation