The Times Free Press on Friday won 24 awards, including five first-place plaques, at the Tennessee Press Association’s 2012 newspaper awards ceremony in Nashville.
The contest, co-sponsored by the University of Tennessee, was judged by the Texas Press Association. Award winners were picked from among 1,401 entries from 73 newspapers statewide.
The Times Free Press won first-place awards for:
• Local Features, a staff award.
• Best Personal Column, for “Kids with homeless heartache,” by Features Editor Mark Kennedy.