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

Bradlee, Benjamin, Executive Editor, The Washington Post

Elliott, Osborn, dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

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, chief executive officer, Chicago Tribune

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

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

Phillips, Warren H., chairman and chief 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