Elaine Aradillas, reporter, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

Ryan Blitstein, staff writer, SF Weekly, San Francisco

 Juan Castillo, race and immigration reporter, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman 

Alice Chang, reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

Stan Donaldson, staff writer, Detroit Free Press 

Julie Drizin, managing producer, WETA-FM, Arlington, Va.  

Georgia East, reporter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  

Reese Erlich, freelance journalist, Oakland, Calif.

 Linda Espenshade, staff writer, Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, Pa.  

Lynn Franey, staff writer, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star

Cynthia Gonzalez, immigration/minority affairs reporter, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald 

Anna Gorman, staff writer, Los Angeles Times 

Andy Hall, investigative and projects reporter, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wis.  

Samantha Henry, reporter, Herald News, West Paterson, N.J.

Blake Herzog, reporter, East Valley Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  

Denise Johnson, editorial writer, Star Tribune, Minneapolis 

Jessica Jones, reporter, WUNC-FM, Durham, N.C.  

Sarah Karush, reporter, The Associated Press, Detroit

 Steve Lannen, reporter, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader 

Nicole Lee, reporter, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Jen McCaffery, staff writer, The Roanoke (Va.) Times 

Sharon McNary, reporter, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.

Simone Orendain, reporter, WFAE-FM, Charlotte, N.C.

Emily Tsao, assistant features editor, The Dallas Morning News

Charlotte Tubbs, reporter, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock 

Robin Urevich, freelance journalist, Los Angeles  

Phil Vaughn, producer/reporter, New Hampshire Public Television, Durham, N.H.

Susan White, staff writer, The Virginian-Pilot, Virginia Beach, Va.  

Leigh Woosley, feature writer, Tulsa (Okla.) World

Mary Ann Zehr, reporter, Education Week, Bethesda, Md.