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NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 9, 2009__ WTVF-TV, The Tennessean and WPLN-FM were the big winners in the annual journalism competition sponsored by the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors and the Tennessee AP Broadcasters. The awards honor the best journalism work done on the air, in print and on the Internet in Tennessee during 2008. WTVF of Nashville took home the most awards, being presented with 11. The Tennessean and WPLN, also of Nashville, won nine apiece to lead the print and radio divisions. WSMV-TV in Nashville claimed the new Freedom of Information category award, which encompasses all platforms in the competition. The Leaf-Chronicle of Clarksville and The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro tied for second in the category. The Tennessean placed third. There were four newspaper divisions, based on market size. The Tennessean placed first in Division I. The Jackson Sun took home eight first-place honors to lead Division II. Six first-place awards gave The Greeneville Sun top honors in Division III. The Mountain Press in Sevierville placed first in six categories to lead Division IV. In the television competition, WZTV in Nashville was second with four first-place awards. WUOT in Knoxville claimed two first-place wins to follow WPLN in the radio category. Best of Show Awards were presented to Kim Green, WPLN for radio, the WTVF's photography staff for television and to The Tennessean's series on infant mortality for print. The keynote address was delivered by Terry Anderson, who worked in Associated Press bureaus in Detroit, Louisville, New York, Tokyo, Johannesburg and in Beirut as former chief Middle East correspondent where he was abducted in 1985 and spent nearly seven years as a hostage in Lebanon. Anderson has been highly involved in freedom of journalism issues and in January 2009 began teaching a course on international journalism at the University of Kentucky.
2008
Congratulations to Mike Brown of The Commercial Appeal, winner of the Tennessee AP Photo of the Year for 2008. His picture shows Frank Cheatham kissing his daughter Madison, 13, goodbye outside the James A. Gardner Armory in Dyersburg, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2008, as he prepares to deploy to Iraq with the Tennessee Army National Guard's 168th Military Police Battalion. It was also Cheatham's 35th birthday. Brown, who won photo of the month in October, will receive $100 and the winning photo will be showcased on PhotoStream and displayed on the Tennessee AP Web site: http://www.ap.org/tennessee/.The photo also will be in the running for AP Tennessee Photo of the Year for 2008. The photographer awarded Photo of the Year receives $100. All pictures shot by staff photographers or reporters of AP member newspapers in Tennessee and shared during the same publication cycle in which they were shot are eligible for the monthly and annual award. For information about the photo of the month or contributing photos to the AP, contact photographer Mark Humphrey in Nashville at 800-453-1282 or 615-373-9988 or via e-mail at mhumphrey@ap.org.
March
View the archive of photos of the month for 2009. Tennessee Multimedia Showcase To see the latest multimedia
productions by the Tennessee bureau, click on the links below: Treating traumatic brain injury at Ft. Campbell OJ Mayo, Grizzlies Rookie Phenom Obama Inspiration - January 2009 StoryCorps-Tennessee Country Music Hall of Fame - July 2008
View the archive of
multimedia production for Tennessee.
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