Baker, Russell, columnist, The New York Times

Bok, Sissela, professor, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.

Gartner, Michael, editor, The Daily Tribune, Ames, Iowa, and president, NBC News

Greenfield, Meg, editorial page editor, The Washington Post

Konner, Joan, dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, NY

Laventhol, David A., president and ceo, Times Mirror Company, Los Angeles, CA

Maynard, Robert C., editor and publisher, The Tribune, Oakland, Calif.

Osborne, Burl, president and editor, The Dallas Morning News

Overholser, Geneva, editor, The Des Moines Register

Risser, James V., director, John S. Knight Fellowships, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

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

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