The Chattanooga Times Free Press received 24 awards, including the top honor in its group, in the 2025 Tennessee Press Association journalism awards.
The newspaper received the General Excellence award in the large newspaper category. The award is given to the newspaper in Tennessee with the highest number of points, based on awards won.
The awards are sponsored by the University of Tennessee System and recognize the best journalism produced by newspapers across the state. The awards ceremony was held in Memphis on Saturday during a gathering of the Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi Press associations.
The Times Free Press received the following awards:
— First-place awards for investigative reporting, public service, editorials, headline writing, graphics and illustrations, best special section, headline writing and make-up and appearance.
— Second-place award for sports coverage.
— Third-place awards for breaking news, news reporting, business coverage, digital presentation, feature photography, sports photography, investigative reporting and sports writing.
The newspaper also received several fourth- and fifth-place awards.
The Times Free Press competes in a group that includes news organizations in the state’s four largest cities: the Tennessean of Nashville, the Knoxville News-Sentinel, the Commercial Appeal of Memphis, the Daily Memphian and the Tennessee Lookout.