This photo of a one-month-old boy in Haiti is one of several photos that won prizes for the Chattanooga News Free Press in the annual Tennessee Press Association awards.NASHVILLE-The Chattanooga Times Free Press won 23 journalism awards, including five first places, in the 2011 University of Tennessee-Tennessee Press Association State Press Contest.
Staff writer Joan Garrett won first and third places in the same category – best single feature – with her stories on an HIV-positive former crack-addicted prostitute who is trying to redeem herself and win back her son, and on a young man who crisscrosses the country by jumping trains.
Features Editor Mark Kennedy won second place for best personal column and fifth place for best personal humor column.
The newspaper won two awards for best spot news coverage. Reporter Joy Lukachick won fourth place for her breaking news story on the acquittal of former North Georgia teacher Tonya Craft, who had been accused of sexually abusing children. Reporter Adam Crisp won third place for his coverage of a triple homicide.
The other awards were for: