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Chattanooga Times Free Press wins top Tennessee journalism award

The Times Free Press building is more than 90 years old. It was Davenport Hosiery Mills before it became a newspaper office. Visitors can stop in a small museum near the lobby that contains artifacts from more than 100 years of publishing.
The Times Free Press building is more than 90 years old. It was Davenport Hosiery Mills before it became a newspaper office. Visitors can stop in a small museum near the lobby that contains artifacts from more than 100 years of publishing.

By Staff Report 1 min read

The Chattanooga Times Free Press on Friday received the Tennessee Press Association’s top award in the large newspaper division of the statewide journalism contest.

In all, the newspaper received 25 awards at the press association’s annual awards luncheon, held in Franklin. For the seventh time in eight years, the Times Free Press took home the top award, General Excellence, in the category for the state’s largest papers.

The award is given to the newspaper with the highest number of points, based on awards won.

The awards, which are sponsored by the University of Tennessee, recognized the best work done in 2020 by journalists across the state.

The Times Free Press received the following awards: