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Times Free Press photography honored in Tennessee AP journalism competition

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / People stand by their vehicles to honor Officer Nicholas Galinger as Chattanooga Police Department officers escort his body on the first leg of the journey from Heritage Funeral Home on East Brainerd to where he will be buried in Cincinnati, Ohio. Other CPD officers were joined by police from other agencies as they lined the road to honor Galinger on February 27, 2019.
Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / People stand by their vehicles to honor Officer Nicholas Galinger as Chattanooga Police Department officers escort his body on the first leg of the journey from Heritage Funeral Home on East Brainerd to where he will be buried in Cincinnati, Ohio. Other CPD officers were joined by police from other agencies as they lined the road to honor Galinger on February 27, 2019.

By Associated Press, Staff Report 23 min read

The Chattanooga Times Free Press has received six awards in the Tennessee Associated Press journalism contest.

The Tennessee Associated Press Broadcast and Media Editors contest recognized work done in 2019 and received more than 840 entries. Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media sponsors the contest. The AP is a not-for-profit news cooperative representing thousands of U.S. media organizations.

Times Free Press photographer C.B. Schmelter was honored with the top photography award in the large newspaper division, the award for Individual Achievement/Body of Work in Photography.

The package of six pictures “shows no weaknesses,” the judges wrote.

Times Free Press Chief Photographer Robin Rudd received a first-place award for feature photography for a photo of motorists who stepped out of their vehicles to salute the hearse carrying the body of fallen Chattanooga Police Department Officer Nicholas Galinger to his hometown of Cincinnati.