Lisa Black, reporter, Chicago Tribune

Nancy Cambria, children & families reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Theresa Churchill, senior writer, Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.

Janet Elliott, senior reporter, Houston Chronicle

Marilyn Gardner, staff writer, The Christian Science Monitor

Christopher Gautz, business reporter, Jackson (Mich.) Citizen Patriot

Bill Graves, staff writer, The Oregonian

Christina Hoag, staff writer, The Associated Press, Los Angeles, Calif.

Chris Jenkins, staff writer, The Washington Post

Amy Jeter, staff writer, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.

Sasha Khokha, Central Valley bureau chief, KQED Public Radio/The California Report, San Francisco, Calif.

Gregory Korte, staff writer, The Cincinnati Enquirer

Natalie Moore, reporter, Chicago Public Radio

Matt O'Brien, reporter, Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune/Bay Area News Group

Jane Regan, freelance producer, Associated Press Television News, New York

Ruth Sheehan, metro columnist, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.

Bianca Vazquez Toness, reporter, WBUR-FM, Boston, Mass.

Angie Weidinger, reporter, KOLR-KSFX News, Springfield, Mo..

Mike Wilkinson, reporter, The Detroit News

Andrew Yeager, announcer/producer, 90.3-FM WBHM, Birmingham, Ala.