The Times Free Press received more awards than any other newspaper competing in the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists’ Golden Press Card contest.
The newspaper received 35 awards, including 10 awards of excellence, the contest’s first-place award. The Times Free Press also received the Horace V. Wells Community Service Award for its reporting on former Chattanooga State President Jim Catanzaro.
The newspaper received the following awards:
* Deadline/Breaking News Reporting: Award of merit to Kendi Anderson; third place to Shelly Bradbury.
* General Reporting: Award of merit to Kevin Hardy.
* Continuing online coverage: Award of merit to Mary Helen Miller and Maura Friedman; third place to Joan Garrett McClane and Friedman; honorable mention to Hardy and David Cook.
* Feature Writing: Award of excellence to Garrett McClane; award of merit to Hardy; honorable mention to Garrett McClane.
* Investigative Reporting: Award of merit to Hardy.
* Sports Reporting: Award of excellence to Stephen Hargis; third place to Jim Tanner.
* Editorial Writing: Award of excellence to Pam Sohn.
* Personal Columns: Award of excellence to Cook; award of merit to Mark Kennedy.
* Headline Writing: Award of excellence to Shawn Ryan; award of merit to Lin Parker; honorable mention to Casey Phillips.
* Page Design: Award of excellence to Cindy Deifenderfer; award of merit to Sara Jackson; third place to Matt McClane; honorable mention to Meg Scarbrough.
* Informational Graphics: Award of excellence to McClane and Laura McNutt; award of merit to McNutt; third place to McClane.
* Art Illustration: Award of excellence to McClane; award of merit to Jackson.
* Deadline Photography: Third place to Doug Strickland.
* Feature Photography: Third place to Friedman; honorable mention to Strickland.
* Editorial Cartoons: Award of merit to Clay Bennett.
* Internet Site: Award of excellence to Kate Belz, Strickland and McClane; third place to Miller and Friedman.
* Online Use of Photo: Award of excellence to Strickland.
* Horace V. Wells Community Service: Award to Hardy.