Junot Díaz
author and Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joyce Dehli
vice president for news, Lee Enterprises
Robert Blau
managing editor for projects and investigations, Bloomberg News
Randell Beck
president and publisher, Argus Leader Media
Jim Amoss
editor, The Times-Picayune
Margaret Sullivan
Guardian US columnist, former editor/vice president, Buffalo News
Paul Gigot
Editorial Page Editor, Vice President, The Wall Street Journal
Ann Marie Lipinski
curator, The Nieman Foundation, Harvard University
Thomas Friedman
New York Times columnist and former foreign correspondent
Lee Bollinger
former Columbia University President