2013 Judges
Top Tier
- Debra Adams Simmons, editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Dorian Benkoil, founder, senior vice president and senior consultant, Teeming Media
- Bobbi Bowman, former editor, McLean Patch
- Merrill Brown, founder and principal, MMB Media LLC
- Karen Brown Dunlap, president, The Poynter Institute
- Margaret Carlson, political columnist, Bloomberg News
- Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, global media editor, Financial Times
- Nikki Finke, founder, president and editor in chief, Deadline.com
- Joel Kaplan, associate dean for graduate programs and associate professor, Newhouse School
- Jerry Lanson, journalism professor, Emerson College
- Hamilton Nolan, editor, Gawker
- Emily Nussbaum, contributing writer, The New Yorker
- Anne Osborne, Tom Jarreau Hardin professor and advertising area head, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University
- J. Max Robins, vice president and executive director, The Paley Center for Media
- Mary Romano, legal news editor, Bloomberg
- David Rubin, professor and dean emeritus, Newhouse School
- Howard Schneider, dean, Stony Brook University School of Journalism
- Choire Sicha, co-editor, The Awl
- William T. Slater, professor and former dean, College of Communication, Texas Christian University
- Brian Stelter, reporter, The New York Times
- Robert Thompson, professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, Newhouse School
First Tier
- Andy Abrahams, editorial manager, People magazine
- Wasim Ahmad G’10, assistant professor, Stony Brook University
- Courtney Barclay, assistant professor, Newhouse School
- David Bauder ’81, national writer, The Associated Press
- Zandile Blay ’04, adjunct professor, Newhouse School
- Paul Brady G’05, consumer news editor, Conde Nast Traveler
- Contessa Brewer ’96, anchor, NBC Universal
- Hub Brown, associate dean and associate professor, Newhouse School
- Nicole Brown G’98, vice president of marketing & communications, Syracuse University
- Harriet Brown, assistant professor, Newhouse School
- Rachel Chang G’03, editor in chief, J-14 magazine
- Makana Chock, associate professor, Newhouse School
- Libby Copeland, freelance writer, former reporter for The Washington Post
- Robert Diddlebock G’77, senior editor, Diamond Cluster International
- Denise DiFulco ’94, freelance journalist
- Jason Fry, writer, editor, consultant
- Pamela Giddon Freedman ’73, owner/marketing chief, Zipline Head and Broad Creek Marina & Adventures
- Aileen Gallagher ’99, associate professor, Newhouse School
- Roy Gutterman ’93, associate professor and director, Tully Center for Free Speech, Newhouse School
- Bryan Hood G’10, associate editor, ArtInfo
- Barbara Jones G’88, professor of practice, Newhouse School
- Mark La Monica G’00, deputy sports editor, Cross Media, Newsday
- Andrea Lavinthal ’01, People Stylewatch
- Will Leitch, contributing editor, New York magazine and founding editor, Deadspin
- Bob Lloyd G’79, professor of practice, Newhouse School
- Carla Lloyd ’94, professor, Newhouse School
- Alexandra Martell, editor, Babble.com
- Jasmine McNealy, assistant professor, Newhouse School
- Gregory Miller ’11, web producer, features assistant, New York Post
- Peter Moller ’65, professor emeritus, Newhouse School
- Brian Montopoli, national reporter, CBSNews.com
- Kevin Morrow, executive director, public affairs strategic communications, Syracuse University
- David Noonan, national affairs editor, Reader’s Digest
- Patty Orsini ’81, analyst, eMarketer
- Dan Pacheco, Peter A. Horvitz Chair in Journalism Innovation, Newhouse School
- Simon Perez, assistant professor, Newhouse School
- Tracy Perez ’01, beauty director, Parents and American Baby
- Cindy Perman ’94, news editor, CNBC.com
- Howard Polskin ’73, founder/CEO/editor in chief, ThinReads
- Marisa Ramel ’04, web content & strategy manager, The Beth Kobliner Company
- Kevin Sajdak ’07, speechwriter/executive aid to the New York State Comptroller
- Michael Scotto ’01, Washington, DC reporter, Time Warner Cable Local News Group
- James Shahin, associate professor, Newhouse School
- Brian Sheehan, associate professor, Newhouse School
- Molly Simms, senior editor, Bust magazine
- Marcus Solis ’91, news reporter, WABC-TV
- Laurie Sprague ’87, managing editor, Architectural Digest
- Roberta Spring ’75, associate director, NBC News
