Joan Garrett McClane has been a staff writer for the Times Free Press since August 2007.
Before becoming a general assignment writer for the paper, she wrote about business, higher education and the court systems. She grew up the oldest of five sisters near Birmingham, Ala., and graduated with a master's and bachelor's degrees in journalism from the University of Alabama.
Before landing her first full-time job as a reporter at the Times Free Press, she wrote for the The Shelby County Reporter, the The Tuscaloosa News, The Anniston Star and the Hartford Courant.
This year, she was named as a national finalist for the American Society of Newspaper Editors' Award for Distinguished Writing on Diversity. She is also the 2010 winner of Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade Award for feature writing and the 2010 winner of the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors' award for feature writing.
Joan enjoys watching Lost on DVD, driving, eating spaghetti and listening to country music, but her true love is telling stories in newsprint.
Contact Joan at 423-757-6601 or jmcclane@timesfreepress.com.
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It was a lesson in delayed gratification.
Long after the man who suffered critical injuries deep inside Ellison's Cave was flown to the hospital, rescue workers still were being pulled out.
Hundreds of people turned out today for the grand opening of the area’s only water park, Soakya, at Lake Winnepesaukah.
After being acquitted and avoiding a 2011 murder conviction, 31-year-old Carl Moore was sentenced to 70 months in prison in federal court for marijuana and gun charges Thursday.
For the first time in history the top brass of U.S. female cyclists will share the road with the best male road racers.
Carl Moore, a 31-year-old who avoided a murder conviction in a 2011 state court trial, was sentenced to 70 months in prison in federal court for marijuana and gun charges today.
Q. Whatever happened to Darryl Linticum?
The halls are quiet at Big Ridge Elementary.
A basketball arena at UTC was named for him. Millions of his dollars went to local schools, charities, ball fields and individuals.
