Tennessean wins 13 Green Eyeshade Awards for exemplary journalism in Southeast
The Tennessean won 13 Green Eyeshade Awards which recognizes exemplary journalism from across the Southeast.
The 73rd annual awards considered work produced in 2022 from print, television, radio and ditigal news outlets in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
The Tennessean took home two first-place awards, six second-place and five third-place, the competition announced Thursday.
First-place awards
The Tennessean staff took home a first-place award for digital media presentation on the project "Uneven Ground," which explores the history and future of Black farmers across the south region.
The project was also named a finalist for the James Beard Award for innovative storytelling in April.
Erin Baker Crabb of the USA TODAY Network's Storytelling Studio also helped the Tennessean place first in the graphics category for her work on "Country music's evolution takes center stage."
Tennessean editor Duane Gang was also credited with assisting the Commercial Appeal in Memphis on their first-place award for reporter Daniel Connolly's "Big Hurt, Tiny Fines," an investigation into Tennessee workers compensation.
Second-place awards
Statehouse reporter Melissa Brown, and former reporter Adam Friedman, won a second-place award for their reporting on former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada's not-guilty plea in federal court to corruption charges.
Reporter Keith Sharon took home a second-place spot in feature reporting for an intimate look at an Alabama community and "How the kindness of two teens is helping a small Southern town cope with change."
The Tennessean sports staff took home second-place in the sports reporting category covering three professional sports leagues, college and high school athletics.
Photographer Andrew Nelles also snagged a second-place award for his collection of sports photos taken in 2022.
Food and culture storytellers Mackensy Lunsford and Brad Schmitt won second-place in humorous commentary for their witty banty over all things dining in Nashville.
The Tennessean's final second-place award came in the public service in daily journalism category for Opinion and Engagement Director David Plazas and opinion and engagement reporter LeBron Hill's work on the Black and Latino Tennessee Voices campaigns.
Third-place awards
"Uneven Ground" won again with a third-place award in the non-deadline reporting category.
Tennessean sports columnist Gentry Estes placed third in sports commentary for his body of work in 2022. Country music reporter Marcus K. Dowling also placed third in the criticism category.
Investigative reporter Josh Keefe snagged third-place in public affairs reporting for his work on the Department of Children's Services and the struggle finding placement homes for children in their care.
Photographer Nicole Hester also was awarded third-place for her documentation and portraiture of the life of Drandon Brown, an unhoused man, lived before he was shot and killed by Nashville police.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessean places in 13 categories at the annual Green Eyeshade Awards
