Diane H. McFarlin, executive editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL (chair)
Kenneth H. Brief, former executive vice president and editor, The Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Time, CT
Louis Heldman, president and publisher, Centre Daily Times, State College, PA
Pamela J. Johnson, managing editor, The Arizona Republic/Phoenix Gazette
James Willse, editor, The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ