Once again, the awards were judged at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in Times Square. More than 80 judges sifted through 577 entries – a record. The Deadline Club wishes to thank CUNY for the generous donation of its space, and the following journalism professionals who judged this year’s competition:
- Irwin Arieff
- Betsy Ashton
- Liana Baker
- Rebecca Baker
- Rich Barbieri
- Cary Barbor
- Eric Bates
- Michael Benoist
- Mervin Block
- Lawrence Carrel
- Matthew Chayes
- Allan Chernoff
- Amy Choi
- Tricia Couture
- David Creed
- Janell Crispyn
- Greg David
- Bill Deane
- Margit Detweiler
- Colin DeVries
- Bruce Diamond
- Lisa Duchin
- Steve Dunlop
- Anastasia Economides
- Bill Egbert
- Joanna Fantozzi
- Kathy Field
- Rubina Fillion
- Erika Fry
- Ernie Garcia
- Cassandra Garrison
- Craig Giammona
- Catherine Gin
- Howard Goldberg
- Michael Gormley
- Charles Herman
- Melissa Heule
- Nicholas Hirshon
- Lambeth Hochwald
- Jessica Hullinger
- Lonnie Isabel
- Joab Jackson
- Pamela Kawi
- Thomas Kludt
- James Ledbetter
- Katie Lobosco
- John Long
- Lindsay Lowe
- Rick Maiman
- Cathy Mather
- Brandon McCoy
- Ashley Milne-Tyte
- Heidi Moore
- Mimi Mouakad
- Megan Nichols
- Jennifer Peltz
- Claire Regan
- Michael Rizzo
- Claire Regan
- Andrea Renault
- Daniel Roberts
- Cristian Salazar
- Jane Sasseen
- Andrew Seaman
- Jessica Seigel
- Gary Shapiro
- James Stepleton
- Linda Stern
- Heather Struck
- Peter Szekely
- Alex Tarquinio
- Chris Taylor
- Jane Teeling
- Amy Tennery
- Mitchell Trinka
- Brittany VanBibber
- Dominic Viti
- Nikki Waller
- Polly Whittell
- Scotti Williston
- Ellen Wulfhorst
- Lauren Young
- Elana Zak