Frank Sutherland, editor and senior vice president/news, The Tennessean, Nashville (chair)
Phil Bronstein, executive editor, San Francisco Examiner
William Hilliard, former editor, The Oregonian
Robert Hodierne, national editor, Newhouse News Service, Washington
Manuela Hoelterhoff*, former member, editorial board, The Wall Street Journal
Edward C. Pease, professor, department head/vice president, media relations, Utah State University
Howard A. Tyner, editor, Chicago Tribune
* past Pulitzer Prize winner