Melanie Sill*, editor and senior vice president, The Sacramento Bee (chair)

David Murray, managing editor, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio

Gretchen Morgenson*, assistant business and financial editor, The New York Times

Jeffry Couch, editor and vice president, Belleville (IL) News-Democrat

Mark Katches, editorial director, California Watch, and the Center for Investigative Reporting, Berkeley, Calif.

Robert Blau, editor, projects and investigations, Bloomberg News, Washington, D.C.

William C. Hidlay, president and publisher, Courier News/Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J.