Year 1998
		Print Judging Panel Chairman		Associate Chairman, Photos & Graphics	Electronic Media Judging Panel Chairman
		James P. Day Former Executive News Editor Baltimore  Evening Sun		John Paul Filo Photography Director CBS	Jon Lloyd Miller, Sr. Director of Programming & Operations WRVD TV, Durham, NC (retired)
		Maryjane Briant Managing Editor  The Press of Atlantic City  Rick Christie Foreign Editor Cox Newspapers, Washington, DC  Melvin Claxton  Investigative Reporter  Chicago Tribune  Margaret A. Downey  Editorial Page Editor  Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, NY  Richard Elam Professor UNC School of Journalism & Mass Communications Chapel Hill, NC  William Gillen Special Sections Editor The Associated Press New York, NY Carla Linz Editorial Page Editor The Press of Atlantic City	David Holwerk Managing Editor  Lexington Herald- Leader Lexington, KY  Robert McAuley Assistant to the Editor The Plain Dealer Cleveland. OH  Ron Meador Editorial Writer Star Tribune  Minneapolis, MN  Paul Merkoski Editor  The Press of Atlantic City  Linda Munich Director of Public Affairs WPVI- TV ABC  Philadelphia, PA  Harvey Nagler General Manger CBS News Radio  New York, NY  John B. O'Donnell Reporter Baltimore Sun Baltimore, MD			John V. Patti News Anchor/Reporter WBAL Radio -Baltimore Carol R. Richards Deputy Editorial Page Editor  Newsday Miguel Sancho Investigative Producer King World Productions, Inside Edition/ American  Journal New York. NY  Michael R. Schurman  Former News Director WOND Radio. WMGM- TV Richard Simpson Professor, UNC School of Journalism Chapel Hill John Sweeney Public Editor Delaware News Journal Mark Washburn State Editor Miami Herald  Miami, FL