At the Golden Press Card Awards, conducted by the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists, Metro Pulse squeezed out a few wins in competition with “large” circulation (over 25,000) daily newspapers for stories published in 2011:
Sports Reporting, Award of Merit (second place): “The Race That Eats Its Young,” Matthew Everett’s look at the Barkley Marathons
Feature Writing, Honorable Mention: “The Newspaperman” Jack Neely’s profile of the late columnist Jim Dykes
Columns, Award of Excellence (first place): “All Foods Considered” by Rose Kennedy
Columns, Third Place: “Secret History” by Jack Neely
Reviews/Criticism, Award of Excellence: “Pulp,” Cari Wade Gervin’s book reviews
Reviews/Criticism, Award of Merit: “Movies,” Coury Turczyn’s movie reviews (Can anyone think of a clever, new name for our movie review column?)
Informational Graphic, Third Place: “Who Should I Vote For?” by Cari Wade Gervin and Travis Gray
Art Illustration, Third Place: “Does Knoxville Dream of Electric Cars?” by Tyler Garrison
Art Illustration, Award of Merit: “Eat Here Now” by Beth Meadows
Editorial Cartoons, Honorable Mention: “Drug Tested” by Elizabeth Bricquet
Editorial Cartoons, Award of Merit: “Sanctioned Bigotry” by Elizabeth Bricquet






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