Abel, Elie, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

Bradlee, Benjamin, Executive Editor, The Washington Post

Cowles, John, Jr., Editorial Chairman, The Minneapolis Star & Tribune

Hays, Howard H., Jr., editor and publisher, Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise

Hills, Lee, president and executive editor, Knight Newspapers, Inc.

Hughes, John, editor, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA

Kirkpatrick, Clayton, editor and vice president, Chicago Tribune

Leonard, Richard H., editor and vice president, The Milwaukee Journal

McGill, William J., president, Columbia University, New York, NY

Patterson, Eugene C., editor and president, St. Petersburg Times

Phillips, Warren H., president and cief executive officer, Dow Jones & Co., New York, NY

Pulitzer, Joseph Jr. (III), editor and publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Reston, James, columnist, The New York Times

Winship, Thomas, editor, The Boston Globe