John Temple, editor, president and publisher, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO (Chair)

Paul Anger, editor and vice president, Detroit Free Press

Mark Bowden, former editor, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA

Lorraine Branham, director and G.B. Dealey Regents Professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas, Austin

Robert Caldwell, editorial page editor, The Oregonian, Portland

Diane McFarlin, publisher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Ken Tingley, editor, The Post-Star, Glen Falls, NY