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

Gray, Hanna H., president, University of Chicago

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 senior vice president, The Milwaukee Journal

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

Raspberry, William J., columnist, The Washington Post

Saikowski, Charlotte, chief editorial writer, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA

Sovern, Michael I., president, Columbia University, New York, NY

Wilkins, Roger W., senior fellow, Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, DC