Nina Brook, reporter, WIS-TV, Columbia, S.C.
Chris Burritt, regional correspondent, Atlanta-Journal Constitution
David Donald, news research/projects editor, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News
Chuck Easterling, staff reporter, The Beaufort (S.C.) Gazette
Karen Free, associate editor, Habitat World, Americus, Ga.
Marilyn Geewax, editorial board member, Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Katherine Gray, senior associate editor, The State, Columbia, S.C.
James Hammond, legislative reporter, Greenville (S.C.) News
Ann Helms, reporter, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Maria Henson, associate editor, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Sharon Brooks Hodge, editorial writer, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.
Melissa Huff-Salvatore, special projects reporter, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach,S.C.
Alison Jones, freelance writer, Durham, N.C.
Dawn DeCwikiel Kane, reporter, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.
Liz Leyden, reporter, The Anderson (S.C.) Independent
Cynthia Montgomery, public safety editor, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Gregory Ross, editor, Black News, Columbia, S.C.
James Eli Shiffer, reporter, The News & Observer, Durham, N.C.
Kathy Steele, staff writer, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, S.C. bureau
Diane Suchetka, poverty and welfare reporter, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Jay Taylor, staff reporter, The State, Columbia, S.C.
Mark Tosczak, reporter, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.
Tanya Fogg Young, reporter, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News