The Chattanooga Times Free Press won three international EPPYs for excellence in digital journalism.
The EPPY awards are presented by Editor & Publisher, a magazine that covers the newspaper industry. The newspaper, which also was a finalist in a fourth category, was recognized in the following categories:
‘ Live coverage of the July 16 attacks in Chattanooga that killed five military members, honored in the Best News or Event Feature category for newspapers with under 1 million unique monthly visitors.
‘ The video “Chattanooga Strong: A city mourns, a city heals,” by Maura Friedman and Mary Helen Montgomery, honored in the category of Best Use of Social Media/Crowd Sourcing for newspapers with under 1 million unique monthly visitors.
‘ Photos by staff photographer Doug Strickland for “IPEX: The Cruelest Equation,” a website telling the story of a family coping with a rare disease, honored in the category of Best Photojournalism for newspapers with under 1 million unique monthly visitors.
The newspaper’s Amendment 1 project was a finalist in the category of Best Innovation Project for newspapers with under 1 million unique monthly visitors. The project looked at Tennessee’s role in regulating abortion and consisted of a special online package of three related websites.
This year’s EPPY awards saw more than 400 entries competing in 31 categories. A complete list of all winners can be found at editorandpublisher.com.