Year 2000
		Print Judging Panel Chairman		Electronic Media Judging Panel Chairman
		James P. Day Former Executive News Editor Baltimore  Evening Sun		Jon Lloyd Miller, Sr. Director of Programming & Operations WRVD TV, Durham, NC (retired)
		Amanda Bennett Managing Editor Portland Oregonian Jennifer Cameron Special Projects Producer KDFW -FOX 4 News Brett E. Chambers Former Producer /Director WfVD, Durham, NC Melvin Claxton Investigative Reporter Detroit News Chris Cobler Editor, Greeley Tribune John Fielding Managing Editor CNN&TIME Washington DC John Paul Filo Photography Manager CBS News G. Kent Gardner Assistant Managing Editor Minneapolis Star Tribune	David Holwerk Editor Duluth News- Tribune Robert McAuley Medical Editor Cleveland Plain Dealer Stephanie Nano General Desk Supervisor Associated Press Jeff Nesmith National Correspondent Cox News Service Neil Rattigan Producer KYW- TV News Philadelphia Charles Reynolds Publisher The Press of Atlantic City  (retired) Carol Richards Deputy Editorial Page Editor  Newsday		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 John Toutkaldjian President,ONLINE  Communications Carlisle, PA Doreen Iudica Vigue Education Reporter Boston Globe Mark Washburn Day City Editor Charlotte Observer Jeffrey S. Whitaker President The Jeff Whitaker Company