Lisa Bernard, city government reporter, JournalNews, Hamilton, Ohio

Monica Brady-Myerov, reporter, WBUR-FM, Boston

Cathy DuChamp, editor, Northwest News Network, Seattle, Wash.

Justin Ellis, staff writer, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

Melanie Eversley, reporter, USA Today, Mclean, Va.

Sara Andrea Fajardo, staff photographer, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

Robin Farmer, diversity & cultural issues/reporter, Richmond (Va.) Tmes-Dispatch

Gillian Gaynair, staff writer, The Virginian Pilot, Norfolk, Va.

Sonya Geis, reporter, The Washingston Post

Dan Gibbard, staff writer, Chicago Tribune

Suzannah Gonzales, community affairs reporter, Austin American-Statesman

Julie Goodman, reporter, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.

Sheila Hagar, reporter, Walla Walla (Wash.) Union-Bulletin

Rick Howlett, assignment editor, Public Radio Partnership, Louisville, Ky.

Claudia Laws, staff photographer, The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, La.

Ilene Lelchuk, staff writer, San Francisco Chronicle

Mike Madden, correspondent, Gannett News Service, Washington, DC

Melanie Markley, social services writer, Houston Chronicle

Claudia Melendez Salinas, staff writer, Monterey (Calif.) County Herald

Margo Melnicove, editor, The World (Public Radio Intl.), Boston

Noelle Phillips, business reporter, The State, Columbia, S.C.

Marc Ramirez, lifestyles/enterprise reporter, The Seattle Times

Christopher Saldaña, reporter/anchor, KLAS-TV, Las Vegas

Fernanda Santos, metropolitan news reporter, The New York Times

Tanya Sierra, staff writer, The San Diego Union-Tribune

Catharine Skipp, reporter, Newsweek magazine