Ideas Contest Awards announced, Brownsville States-Graphic takes Best of Show
The Tennessee Press Association (TPA) announced the 2024 Ideas Contest awards on Thursday, Oct. 10, during a virtual presentation.
The 2024 Ideas Contest Best of Show was awarded to the Brownsville States-Graphic for its Best Special Section entry, “The Phoenix.” The entry is a special section marking the Bicentennial of Haywood County. View this section at: https://tnpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BSIS_N1_first.pdf
The First Runner-up was awarded to The Paris Post-Intelligencer for entry in Best Social Media Self Promotion, which encouraged readers to follow the paper on Instagram and offered a Sprockets Coffee giveaway. View the entry at: https://tnpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/35_N2_first.mp4
The Second Runner-up was awarded to the Farragut Press for its niche publication “Kickoff,” which featured high school football. View the publication at: https://tnpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/29_N2_first.pdf
There were 406 entries from 22 newspapers in the 2024 contest, which has three circulation divisions and 41 categories. Entries were for work published in 2023. TPA partnered with the New York Press Association for the judging, which resulted in 187 awards.
The newspaper with the most awards is the Farragut Press with 24 awards, followed by The Greeneville Sun with 19 awards, and the Brownsville States-Graphic with 18 awards.
TPA congratulates all of the winners!