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.

Hoge, James F., Jr., executive vice president, Chicago Sun-Times

Laventhol, David A., publisher and chief executive officer, Newsday, and group vice president, Times Mirror Company

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

McIlwain, William F., editor, Arkansas Gazette

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

Roberts, Eugene L., Jr., executive editor and senior vice president, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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