Selection Committee
| Steve Capus | President | 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 | former Correspondent | ABC News |
| Hank Klibanoff | James M. Cox Jr. Professor of Journalism | Emory University |