Philip F. Bennett, managing editor, The Washington Post (chair)
Jeff Cohen, editor, Houston Chronicle
John Costa, editor in chief, The Bulletin, Bend, OR
Deborah Goeken, managing editor, Rocky Mountain News, Denver
Nigel Jaquiss*, reporter, Willamette Week, Portland
Tonnya Kennedy Kohn, managing editor/news-features, The State, Columbia
Matthew Purdy, investigations editor, The New York Times
* past Pulitzer Prize winner