Pam Adams, features writer, Journal Star (Peoria, Ill.)
Leslie Baldacci, asst. Sunday editor, Chicago Sun-Times
Randi Bjornstad, reporter, The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Matthew Bowers, staff writer, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
Catherine Clabby, reporter, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Deborah Cohen, freelance writer, Alexandria, Va.
Claudia Hampston Daly, executive producer, Claudia Hampston Daly Productions
Jane Daugherty, associate editor for Projects, Detroit News
Alison Delsite, crime reporter, Harrisburg (Penn.) Patriot-News
Leslie Dreyfous, freelance writer, Charleston, W.V.
Roberta de Boer Durham, feature writer/columnist, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
Sara Engram, deputy editorial page editor, The Baltimore Sun
Margie Fisher, editorial page editor, Roanoke (Va.) Times & World News
Beth Frerking, national correspondent, Newhouse News Service
David Fritze, Saving Arizona's Children, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Diane Granat, metropolitan editor, Washingtonian magazine
Gail Stewart Hand, former features editor, Grand Forks Herald
Jeffrey Katz, social policy reporter, Congressional Quarterly
Rebecca Lipkin, producer, ABC World News Tonight
Mary Loftus, columnist/feature writer, The Ledger/NY Times Wire
Charles Madigan, senior writer, Chicago Tribune
Carla Marinucci, investigative reporter, San Francisco Examiner
Linda Matchan, news feature writer, Boston Globe
Mary Mohler, managing editor, Ladies' Home Journal
Laurie Petrie, reporter, The Cincinnati Post
Sharon Case Randall, syndicated columnist, Scripps Howard News Service
April Saul, staff photographer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Barbara Vobejda, staff writer, The Washington Post
Celeste Williams, urban affairs reporter, The Indianapolis Star
John Woestendiek, children's issues reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer