Robert J. Haiman, president emeritus/distinguished editor-in-residence, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, FL (chair)

Lawrence K. Beaupre, editor/vice president, The Cincinnati Enquirer, OH

R. Bruce Dold*, deputy editorial page editor, Chicago Tribune

Joel Rawson, vice president and executive editor, Providence Journal-Bulletin, RI

E.R. Shipp*, columnist, New York Daily News