Neil Brown, executive editor and vice president, St. Petersburg Times (chair)
Libby Averyt, vice president/online general manager, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
David Boardman, executive editor, The Seattle Times
Stephen Engelberg, managing editor, ProPublica, New York, NY
Susan Goldberg, editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
John Hillkirk, executive editor, USA Today
Joan Krauter, executive editor/vice president, The Bradenton (FL) Herald