Cheryl Adams, anchor/child family reporter, WXIN-TV Indianapolis
Karen Boothe, government affairs reporter, Minnesota Public Radio
Adriana Colindres, state government reporter, Copley Illinois Newspapers
Shelley Croes, reporter, Free Press, Mankato, Minn.
Claudia Hampston-Daly, executive producer, For Kids' Sake! Radio
Jennifer Davis, reporter, Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
Joseph Dits, reporter, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune
Joel Dresang, staff writer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Steve Engelbert, reporter, The Janesville (Wis.) Gazette
Mary Ann Fergus, feature writer, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.
Lisa Friedman, Casey fellow, Journalism Center on Children & Families, University of Maryland
Linda Friend, producer, Wisconsin Public Television
Danielle Gordon, reporter, The Chicago Reporter
Cornelia Grumman, reporter, The Chicago Tribune
Dave Hage, editorial writer and columnist, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jean Hopfensperger, welfare/social policy reporter, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Martha Irvine, reporter, The Associated Press
Euan Kerr, assignment editor, Minnesota Public Radio
Tahree Lane, writer, The Toledo Blade
Lynda McDonnell, state government editor, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Ben McLaughlin, assistant city editor, Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun
Linnet Myers, reporter, Chicago Tribune
Natalie Pardo, reporter, The Chicago Reporter
Chuck Quirmbach, rroducer/reporter, Wisconsin Public Radio
Shirley Salemy, staff writer, The Des Moines Register
Crocker Stephenson, staff writer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
James Sweeny, reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Alice Thomas, reporter, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Catherine Velasco, child/family/education reporter, The Herald News, Joliet, Ill.
Wendy Wendland, reporter, Detroit Free Press
Brett Wilcoxson, social services reporter, Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.
Celeste Williams, urban affairs reporter, Indianapolis Star