Help pick the Chattanooga-area top stories for 2023
The Chattanooga Times Free Press wants readers to help pick the top stories of 2023.
Stories by Alison Gerber
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Looking for a good fall getaway? Try Ellijay, Georgia
The small town of Ellijay, Georgia, with a population of just 1,800, is surrounded by the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Chattanooga Times Free Press honored in Green Eyeshade journalism awards
The Chattanooga Times Free Press was recognized for its work by the Society of Professional Journalists in its 2022 Green Eyeshade Awards.
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Opinion: Chattanooga Times Free Press adds staff to meet reader interests and community need
At two different meetings in recent months at the Times Free Press, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly said people often tell him Chattanooga reminds them of "Austin …
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Times Free Press launches ‘subscriber exclusive’ content
The Chattanooga Times Free Press traces its history to 1869 when the firm of Kirby & Gamble was optimistic enough to open a small newspaper, the Chattanooga Da…
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Chattanooga college students protest for gun control outside Hamilton County Courthouse
About a dozen college students calling for stricter gun control laws protested outside the Hamilton County Courthouse on Friday afternoon.
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How three Tennessee cities shaped American music, plus a playlist of songs about our state
From fiddles and banjos played in the hills of Appalachia to the guitar and harmonica melodies of the delta blues, music created in Tennessee has had a profoun…
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Tennessee’s fall leaves peak in October. Here are five drives full of fall color
The Tennessee landscape will be bursting with bright red, amber and yellow leaves this month. Fall leaves will be at their peak in this corner of the world aro…
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Coty Wamp ousts Neal Pinkston for Republican nomination for Hamilton County district attorney
Law enforcement attorney Coty Wamp on Tuesday decisively defeated eight-year incumbent Neal Pinkston for the Republican nomination for Hamilton County district…
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Need a fun fall trip? Try Blue Ridge, Georgia
It's been a long time since Blue Ridge was a sleepy small town.
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Chattanooga Times Free Press turns to iPads as its digital future
The publisher of the Chattanooga Times Free Press is investing millions of dollars in a plan to convert the newspaper's print subscribers to a mostly digital f…
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What's best for your student: A primer on the non-traditional schooling now trending in Tennessee Valley
School is not always rows of desks facing a whiteboard.
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Here's our Trader Joe's shopping list
I've been known to drive out of my way when I'm in Knoxville or Atlanta to find a Trader Joe's.
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Are you a conservative in the Chattanooga region? The Times Free Press wants to hear from you.
The Times Free Press is participating in a project designed to help rebuild trust in the media, and it starts with understanding our readers and their perspect…
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Readers: We may not know results on election night. Here's why.
Election night usually ends with results. This year will probably be different.
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8 mouthwatering food blogs, tried and tested by a Chattanooga foodie
Being stuck at home has converted even the most kitchen-phobic among us into home cooks. And those of us who've long loved to cook have been willing to try new…
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The Times Free Press is ending its gallery of mugshots
The Chattanooga Times Free Press will no longer display mugshots of everyone arrested in Hamilton County, which the paper has done for the past 10 years on a s…
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Gerber: Coronavirus empties Times Free Press newsroom, but our mission remains the same
On Wednesday, March 11, a group of Times Free Press staff members hosted a gathering called Brews & News.
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Note to readers: Coronavirus is forcing some Times Free Press coverage changes
As we deal with the fallout of the coronavirus, we will make some temporary changes to the daily print newspaper. Because numerous sports and entertainment eve…
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Times Free Press coronavirus coverage free online
The Chattanooga Times Free Press is providing free online access to coronavirus coverage in order for Chattanooga-area residents to have the most up-to-date, f…
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Dog DNA tests unravel the mysteries of your mutt
With the growth of genetic testing, many pet owners are finally learning exactly what breeds make up their beloved dogs.
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The Times Free Press: Telling Chattanooga's story for the past 150 years
In the year following the devastation of the Civil War, many Chattanoogans struggled to rebuild and recapture their former success.
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Gerber: Times Free Press honors 2018 valedictorians from Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia
For more than two decades, Chattanooga's newspapers have recognized area valedictorians.
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Gerber: Hamilton County school board should be transparent about multi-million dollar decisions
If you live in Hamilton County and you expect to have a say in how millions of dollars in taxpayer money is spent on your child's school, you're out of luck.
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Gerber: Why go back to the '80s?
Chattanooga's got a lot going for it - mountains, a river, a vibrant downtown, not to mention crazy-fast internet.
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Gerber: Putting the public back in public records
Hamilton County's public school leaders are engaging in a disturbing pattern of behavior that obstructs attempts by the media and community from accessing publ…
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Gerber: Quality journalism that serves the community
Journalism's top prizes were awarded Monday, and among the winners was "The Panama Papers," a series of stories that used 300 reporters on six continents to ex…
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Gerber: News in a time of division
On Monday, the Times Free Press published a stand-alone photo (a photo with no story) of two men using leaf blowers, fall leaves flying everywhere. It was a ni…
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Gerber: More talk about Hamilton County education (and hopefully some action too) [video]
I learned something in study hall this week: It's possible to have a conversation about a touchy subject in a way that can help this community build relationsh…
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Gerber: Separating fact from fiction critical for students, teachers
Technology allows us to communicate and exchange information at whiplash speeds. But too often, that information isn't credible. It might be biased or just pla…
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Gerber: Our city's poverty and why it affects us all
In 2015, the Chattanooga Times Free Press poured an unprecedented amount of time and energy into researching the roots of and solutions to Chattanooga's econom…
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Help the Times Free Press pick 2015's top stories
We need your help, readers.
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Gerber: The semantics and death and changes to The Toll
A homicide is defined as the act of one person killing another, whether it's with a gun, knife, fist or something else. It's the word used by law enforcement a…
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Gerber: The Toll looks at emotional, societal cost of homicides
The toddler who died from a drug overdose after a caretaker put a pain patch on his back.
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Gerber: A national tragedy in our backyard
Typically in this column I pull back the curtain on the front page and talk about the reasoning behind our headlines, but I don't want to do that today.
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Gerber: Fangs bared in Best Town smackdown
So things got kinda ugly in the Chattanooga vs. Boone and the Chattanooga vs. Port Angeles contest.
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Gerber: Papers collaborate on 'Outside Influence' report
On today's front page you'll find a story about the growing influence of out-of-state organizations that spend millions of dollars to try influence public poli…
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Gerber: Openness is always the best choice
Members of the media are often quick to call out public officials who operate behind a wall of secrecy. But we're not as good at calling out those who act with…
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Gerber: There's no devil in these details
Judy Walton is a tough reporter. Her watchdog reporting often angers those she's reporting on.
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Gerber: A fresh, modern look for your newspaper
Video: Don't worry, dear reader, it's still us: Times Free Press updates its look and its capabilities
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Gerber: Obama's trickle-down effects
Our government has never been more secretive than it is today.
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Gerber: Indictments offer parallels to TFP reports
In 2011, one of our business reporters, Ellis Smith, had a hunch and launched an investigation into a wealthy local man who Smith believed was operating compan…
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Gerber: America does the right thing bringing ebola victims home
The news bulletin flickered on my screen and made the hair on my arms stand up. It might sound corny, but I was filled with pride and thankful to be an America…
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Gerber: TFP press project nears end
We told you it would be painful.
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Gerber: When news and life intersect
The words flickered across my phone: "Man in Arkansas."
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Gerber: Nearly 5 decades on East 11th Street
Try going to lunch with John Vass, Jr.
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Gerber: More laws result in more - and less - openness
Tennessee's 108th General Assembly passed several laws that affect open meetings laws (the so-called sunshine laws) and open records laws. Some of them spread …
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Gerber: Neo-Nazis and news judgment
The neo-Nazis were coming.
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Gerber: Government, journalism and conflict
It's not the role of the press to coddle government.
