Selection Committee
| Tom Brokaw | Correspondent | NBC News |
| Mary Chancellor | Chancellor Family | |
| Ellis Cose | Contributing Editor | Newsweek |
| Nicholas Lemann | Henry R. Luce Professor and Dean | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Ira A. Lipman | Founder Founder & Chairman |
John Chancellor Award Guardsmark, LLC |
| John L. Dotson, Jr. | former Publisher | Akron Beacon-Journal |
| Michele Norris | Host, "All Things Considered" | National Public Radio |
| Lynn Sherr | Longtime Correspondent | ABC News |
| Hank Klibanoff | former Managing Editor, News | Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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