Front row: N. Lemann, P. Steiger, A. Barnes, S. Gissler, R. Oppel
Back row: K. Carroll, D. Kennedy, M. Pride, J. Byrd, J. Amoss, H. Gates, A. Gyllenhaal, A. Bennett, D. Graham, G. Moore, A. Lipinski, T. Friedman
Andrew Barnes, chairman of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and former chairman and CEO of the St. Petersburg Times, is a native of New York City and a graduate of Harvard University where he took his degree in history.
Amanda Bennett, Executive Editor/Enterprise for Bloomberg News, was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board in 2002. Bennett was editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer from June, 2003, to November, 2006, and prior to that was editor of the Herald-Leader in Lexington, KY. She also served for three years as managing editor/projects for The Oregonian in Portland. Bennett served as a Wall Street Journal reporter for more than 20 years.