Vince Beiser, freelance writer, San Francisco
Tataboline Brant, crime reporter, Anchorage Daily News
Ashley Broughton, reporter, Justice & Safety Desk, The Salt Lake Tribune
Alisa Camacho, crime reporter, Herald News (West Paterson, N.J.)
Monique Curet, police reporter, Mobile Register (Mobile, Ala.)
Kevin Drew, law section editor, CNN Interactive, Atlanta
Reid Epstein, city police reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ashley Fantz, staff writer, The Miami Herald
Mary Fergus, features writer, Houston Chronicle
Gwen Filosa, staff writer, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Lora Hines, police reporter, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Sarah Huntley, staff writer, Rocky Mountain News (Denver)
Amy Jeter, staff writer, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
Thomas Kim, police reporter, Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
Jack Kresnak, juvenile justice reporter, Detroit Free Press
Matthew D. LaPlante, staff reporter, News-Register, (McMinnville, Ore.)
Michael McAlpin, producer, Basic Black/WGBH-TV (Boston)
Adam Miller, freelance writer, New York
Joel Moroney, police & courts reporter, News Journal, (Mansfield, Ohio)
Simone M. Orendain, reporter-host, WNIJ, Northern Public Radio, DeKalb, Ill.
Dante Ramos, deputy editorial page editor, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Delaina D. Renfro, children & families reporter, KWCH-TV, Channel 12, Wichita, Kan.
MaryBeth Ross, documentary producer, Patterson, N.Y.
Harriet Ryan, senior staff writer, Court TV Online, New York
Vic Ryckaert, courts reporter, The Indianapolis Star
Fernanda Santos, reporter, Daily News (New York)
Traci Shurley, reporter, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
Maureen Sieh, urban affairs reporter, The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Sharon Turco, reporter, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Raghuram Vadarevu, staff writer, Law & Order Team/Editorial, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
Paula Ward, courts reporter, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News