National Journalism Awards Judges
View short videos of the 2008 winners' work and their acceptance speeches.
Andrew Alexander
Washington Bureau Chief
Cox Newspapers
Bill Amend
Syndicated Cartoonist
FoxTrot
Ellyn Angelotti
Interactivity Editor and Adjunct Faculty
The Poynter Institute
Beth E. Barnes
Director, School of Journalism and Telecommunications
University of Kentucky
Lucy Bartholomay
Managing Director/Product Innovation
The Boston Globe
Jody Beck
Director
Scripps Howard Foundation
Semester in Washington Program
José Luis Benavides
Director of the Center for Ethnic and Alternative Media
Associate Professor
California State University, Northridge
Tony Biffle
Associate Editor
Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.
Mary Kay Blake
Senior Vice President/Development
Newseum
Lorraine E. Branham
Director and G.B. Dealey Regents Professor
School of Journalism
University of Texas at Austin
Del Brinkman
Dean Emeritus
University of Kansas and University of Colorado Schools of Journalism
David E. Carlson
Cox/Palm Beach Post Professor of New Media Journalism
Director, Interactive Media Lab
College of Journalism and Communications
University of Florida
Sherry Chisenhall
Editor and Vice President/News
The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
Peter Copeland
Editor & General Manager
Scripps Media Center/Scripps Howard News Service
Phil Currie
Senior Vice President/News
Newspaper Division
Gannett
Jonathan Dube
Director of Digital Media
CBC News
Mike Farrell
Director, Scripps Howard First Amendment Center
Scripps Howard fellow
Assistant Professor
School of Journalism and Telecommunications
University of Kentucky
Howard I. Finberg
Director, Interactive Learning
The Poynter Institute
Josh Friedman
Director, International Programs
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Thomas S. Hodson
Director
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
Ohio University
Alan M. Horton
Chairman
Scripps Howard Foundation
Retired SVP/Newspapers
The E.W. Scripps Company
Terry Hynes
Dean Emerita and Professor
Public Outreach Director – The Documentary Institute
College of Journalism and Communications
University of Florida
Kenneth F. Irby
Visual Journalism Group Leader & Director of Diversity Programs
The Poynter Institute
Steve Lambert
Vice President, News
Los Angeles Newspaper Group
Geri Migielicz
Director of Photography
San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
Robert M. O’Neil
Director
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Beth Parke
Executive Director
Society of Environmental Journalists
Gene Policinski
Vice President and Executive Director
First Amendment Center
Allan Richards
Chair, Department of Journalism and Broadcasting
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Florida International University
Jenny E. Robb
Associate Curator
Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library
Neil Santaniello
Instructor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Director, Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment
Florida Atlantic University
Mike Silverman
Senior Managing Editor
The Associated Press
Dow Smith
Associate Professor, Broadcast Journalism
Director, Media Management Program
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
Paul E. Steiger
Editor-in-Chief & President
ProPublica
Mizell Stewart III
Editor
Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press
Matt Thompson
Deputy Web Editor
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mark Tomasik
Editor
Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Fla.
Al Tompkins
Group Leader for Broadcast and Online
The Poynter Institute
Lisa Klem Wilson
SVP and General Manager
United Media
Syndication and Web
Matthew Winkler
Editor-in-Chief
Bloomberg News
Greg Zoerb
Director, Sales/Marketing
RF Central
For information about the program, contact Sue Porter, vice president/programs, Scripps Howard Foundation at 1-800-888-3000 ext. 3030 or sue.porter@scripps.com.